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. 2021 Mar 2;55(5):2717-2719.
doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07781. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

The Global Plastic Toxicity Debt

Matthias C Rillig  1   2 , Shin Woong Kim  1   2   3 , Tae-Young Kim  4 , Walter R Waldman  5
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The Global Plastic Toxicity Debt

Matthias C Rillig et al. Environ Sci Technol. .
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Development of an environmental plastic toxicity debt.
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