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Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

Environment International · 2017 · Vol. 101 · pp. 133–142

H.A. Leslie✉(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Sicco H. Brandsma(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)M.J.M. van Velzen(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)A. Dick Vethaak(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Recycling and Waste Management Techniques biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMicroplasticsEnvironmental scienceSewageSewage treatmentWastewaterBiotaEffluentEnvironmental chemistrySewage sludgeBiosolids

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Environmental MonitoringFresh WaterHumansNetherlandsNorth SeaPlasticsSeawaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalRiversBiotaWastewater

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