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Pantanal Day: research identifies microplastics in urban and conservation areas of the biome in MT
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Celebrated this Thursday (12), Pantanal Day draws attention to the importance of preserving one of the country's richest biodiversity biomes. In Cáceres (MT), a study by the State University of Mato Grosso (Unemat) identified microplastics.
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