Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by 'natural', not microplastic, fibres.
@article{Stanton2019FreshwaterAA, title={Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by 'natural', not microplastic, fibres.}, author={Thomas Stanton and Matthew F. Johnson and Paul Nathanail and William Macnaughtan and Rachel L. Gomes}, journal={The Science of the total environment}, year={2019}, volume={666}, pages={ 377-389 } }
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