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 nanoparticles. After five days, almost 5% of the nanoplastics had made their way into the radish roots. A quarter of those were in the edible, fleshy roots, while a tenth had…

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