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Retraction Note to: Environmental impact of plantations in and around the petroleum refinery: a case study
This article [1] has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Significant sections of the article show a similarity with the author’s own article published previously [2]. All the authors agree wi...
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Electronic waste or E-waste comprises of old, end-of-life electronic appliances such as computers, laptops, TVs, DVD players, refrigerators, freezers, mobile phones, MP3 players, etc., which have been disposed...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Environmental impact of plantations in and around the petroleum refinery: a case study
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Kinetics of Biotransformation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol using UASB-Reactor
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Biotreatability and Kinetics of UASB Reactor to Mixtures of Chlorophenol Pollutants
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