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A new study reveals that urban tributaries flowing through Wuhan are significant sources of phthalate esters, a widely used class of plastic ...

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By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, ...