Losing sight of science in the regulatory push to ban microbeads from consumer products and industrial use

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 346-347

  Burton, G Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 85006459537     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1645     Document Type: Letter

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