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Dataset of Published Concentrations of Plastic Additives in the Ocean

Published by National Institute of Standards and Technology | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-02-19 00:00:00
Concentrations of plastic additive chemicals were taken from peer-reviewed literature. Only studies that mentioned the chemicals as plastic additives were included. Studies that measured plastic additives in marine plastic debris, marine organisms, marine sediments and/or seawater were included.

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