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microplastics: a standalone construct

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Environmental science

tiny plastic fragments and fibers accumulating in marine environments and organisms.

In environmental science, microplastics refers to tiny plastic fragments and fibers accumulating in marine environments and organisms. This meaning comes from Thompson (2004) in Science.[1]

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Thompson, R. C., Olsen, Y., Mitchell, R. P., Davis, A., Rowland, S. J., John, A. W. G., McGonigle, D., & Russell, A. E. (2004). Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic? Science, 304(5672), 838-838. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1094559

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