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The article entitled “Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Transformations and their Effects on Water Treatment Process: A Contemporary Review”, by Karnena et al., published in Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering 2021; 14(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229101553 has been retracted on a complaint of plagiarism with a previously published article entitled “Natural organic matter-cations complexation and its impact on water treatment: A critical review” in the journal Water Research 2019, 160, 130-147. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.064.
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