Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 10777-10779

  Nizzetto, Luca ^a,b   Futter, Martyn ^c   Langaas, Sindre ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; NOTE; SLUDGE; SOIL; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84992060998     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04140     Document Type: Note

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