Observational Study Unveils the Extensive Presence of Hazardous Elements in Beached Plastics from Lake Geneva

Over 3,000 samples of plastic litter have been retrieved from 12 pebble beaches around the shores of Lake Geneva. The plastic stock consisted of identifiable objects of various size and color, including bottles, bottle tops, cotton buds, pens, toys, and straws, an heterogeneous assortment of fragmen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Montserrat Filella, Andrew Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
Hg
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00001/full