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The M/V X-Press Pearl Nurdle Spill: Contamination of Burnt Plastic and Unburnt Nurdles along Sri Lanka’s Beaches
[Image: see text] In May 2021, the M/V X-Press Pearl cargo ship caught fire 18 km off the west coast of Sri Lanka and spilled ∼1680 tons of spherical pieces of plastic or “nurdles” (∼5 mm; white in color). Nurdles are the preproduction plastic used to manufacture a wide range of end products. Exposu...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Chemical Society
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10114858/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37101587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.1c00031 |