Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal
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- 29 March 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Environmental Pollution
- Vol. 237, 675-684
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.069
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Funding Information
- European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013)
- REA (PIEF-GA-2013-625915)
- Natural Environment Research Council, UK (NERC NE/N006526/1)
- MASTS Pooling Initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland) (BFSSG7)
- Scottish Funding Council (HR09011)
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