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Characterization, monitoring, transport, transformation and fate of environmental contaminants.

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Multiple approaches to meso- and macroplastics and the food habitat of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
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Process of heavy metal transport between soil and the atmosphere: a review
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Elemental pollution and risk assessment of soils and Gundelia tournefortii in a multi-sector industrial zone with a history of agricultural use
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Occurrence, composition, sources, and ecological-health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Chinese water bodies: a review
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5th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
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