Adsorption of trace metals to plastic re
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Luke A. Holmes; Andrew Turner; Richard C. Thompson
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Article
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2012
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Plastic production pellets collected from beaches of south west England contain variable concentrations of trace metals (Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) that, in some cases, exceed concentrations reported for local estuarine sediments. The rates and mechanisms by which metals associate with virgin an