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. 2021 Mar;129(3):34001.
doi: 10.1289/EHP8936. Epub 2021 Mar 17.

Microplastics in Seafood: How Much Are People Eating?

Wendee Nicole
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Microplastics in Seafood: How Much Are People Eating?

Wendee Nicole. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 Mar.
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Images of boiled shrimp, clams, opened sea urchin, and canned sprats from left to right.
Investigators used a novel risk of bias tool to identify high-quality studies of microplastics in crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, and fish. Images, left to right: © iStockphoto/Kateryna Kukota, © iStockphoto/Don White, © iStockphoto/79mtk, © iStockphoto/Photosiber.
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