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Wet wipes contribution to microfiber contamination under COVID-19 era: An important but overlooked problem
Wet wipes for disinfection, sanitizing, and medical purposes, like personal protective equipment, have witnessed an upsurge in production and use as a result of COVID-19 outbreak. They are a potential source of microfibers and have recently been found in COVID-19 plastic litter survey campaigns cond...
Autores principales: | Shruti, V.C., Pérez-Guevara, Fermín, Kutralam-Muniasamy, Gurusamy |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8411576/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100267 |
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