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Technical Paper

Survey on the current leachate treatments of public municipal solid waste landfills and the potential impact of per- and polyfluorinatedalkyl substances in the Eastern and Northwestern United States

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Pages 638-648 | Received 03 Nov 2022, Accepted 04 Jul 2023, Published online: 28 Jul 2023

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