Toxicity Assessments of Micro- and Nanoplastics Can Be Confounded by Preservatives in Commercial Formulations

Micro- and nanoplastics derived from environmental degradation of larger plastic debris can be ingested and accumulate in aquatic organisms, raising growing global ecological concerns. Toxicology s...

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  2018

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  Environmental Science and Technology Letters

• Publication date

  2018-11-28

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  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1021/ACS.ESTLETT.8B00614
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