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First Evidence That Plastic Nanoparticles Can Accumulate in Edible Parts of Vegetables


ScienceAlert writes that some of the tiny nanoplastic fragments present in soil "can make their way into the edible parts of vegetables, research has found." A team of scientists from the University of Plymouth in the UK placed radishes into a hydroponic (water-based) system containing polystyrene ...

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