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What happens when you microwave that plastic bowl?
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Plastic food tubs can release billions of plastic nanoparticles in just a few minutes when microwaved. Credit: Karl Tapales/Getty
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Nature 619, 11 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02091-w
References
Hussain, K. A. et al. Environ. Sci. Tech. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01942 (2023).