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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEViewpointNEXTDos and Do Nots When Assessing the Biodegradation of PlasticsMichael T. Zumstein*Michael T. ZumsteinSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States*(M.Z.) E-mail: email protectedMore by Michael T. Zumsteinhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-5174, Ramani Narayan*Ramani NarayanDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, United States*(R.N.) E-mail: email protectedMore by Ramani Narayan, Hans-Peter E. KohlerHans-Peter E. KohlerEnvironmental Biochemistry Group; Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 8600 Dübendorf, SwitzerlandMore by Hans-Peter E. Kohler, Kristopher McNeillKristopher McNeillInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandMore by Kristopher McNeillhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-2227, and Michael Sander*Michael SanderInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland*(M.S.) E-mail: email protectedMore by Michael Sanderhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3383-2041Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 17, 9967–9969Publication Date (Web):August 16, 2019Publication History Received26 July 2019Published online16 August 2019Published inissue 3 September 2019https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04513Copyright © 2019 American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views11374Altmetric-Citations65LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (1 MB) Get e-AlertsSUBJECTS:Biodegradation,Biomass,Environmental pollution,Plastics,Soils Get e-Alerts
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