Understanding the plastics cycle to minimize exposure

Contamination of the environment with plastics is one of the most widespread and long-lasting human influences on our planet. There is an urgent need to comprehensively evaluate the

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Centre — Plastics and Human Health, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia Kevin V. Thomas Authors *

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