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Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent
Environmental Pollution · 2016 · Vol. 218 · pp. 1045–1054
Sherri A. Mason✉(SUNY Fredonia)Danielle Garneau(SUNY Plattsburgh)Rebecca Sutton(San Francisco Estuary Institute)Yvonne Chu(SUNY Plattsburgh)Karyn Ehmann(State University of New York)J. P. Barnes(State University of New York)Parker Fink(SUNY Fredonia)Daniel Papazissimos(SUNY Fredonia)Darrin L. Rogers(SUNY Fredonia)
Microplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesEffluentWastewaterEnvironmental sciencePollutionSewage treatmentMicroplasticsEnvironmental engineeringWaste managementEnvironmental chemistryChemistry
MeSH terms
CosmeticsEnvironmental MonitoringPlasticsUnited StatesWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationWastewater
Funding
- State University of New York
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- State University of New York Plattsburgh
- State University of New York Fredonia
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