Emerging Concerns about Microplastic Pollution on Groundwater in South Korea

Sustainability - Tập 12 Số 13 - Trang 5275
Heejung Kim1, Jin‐Yong Lee1
1Department of Geology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea

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If human history has thus far been divided into the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age, then modern times can be considered the Plastic Age [...]

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