Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/caos-rcp071320.php


News Release 13-Jul-2020
Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters


Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and even in our seafood and salt. As MPs have become ubiquitous, scientists have become concerned about the transfer of MPs from the environment to the food chain and the potential impact of MPs on human health.

Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently found that microplastics are indeed contaminating edible plants, including vegetables we eat. The study was published in Nature Sustainability on July 13.

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