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Balderas, K., Taylor, C.L. & Kang, J. Comment on “The potential use of ultrasound-assisted bleaching in removing heavy metals and pigments from soybean oil using kinetic, thermodynamic and equilibrium modeling”. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 41863–41865 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19844-1
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