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Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful?
Microplastics collected from the Magothy River in Maryland. Credit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
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Nature 593, 22-25 (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01143-3
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