“An integrated Nworie River assessment found diverse microplastic signatures and widespread organochlorine pesticide contamination, with gamma-chlordane the most concentrated and frequent pesticide detected.”

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Checked in Galedra: score 0.86, mostly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “An integrated Nworie River assessment found diverse microplastic signatures and widespread organochlorine pesticide contamination, with gamma-chlordane the most concentrated and frequent pesticide…” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0eaaf-4b98-7825-809e-c60809fd9d1d

“FTIR analysis of Nworie River samples identified 54 microplastic spectral signatures across four major polymer types—polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polyvinyl chloride—with the highest polymer diversity at urban-transit Site 5 and suburban Site 4.”

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“In the Nworie River assessment, gamma-chlordane had the highest detected concentration at 0.1704 mg/L, was detected at more than 60% of sampling sites above Federal Ministry of Environment limits, and Sites 4 and 5 were dual microplastic/OCP contamination hotspots.”

Supported · 0.9781 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 1 of 4 · provisional until audited.

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