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Flowers Can Soak up Dinky Plastic Items Through Their Roots, Survey Finds
Posted by UNC Charlotte Posted on July 18, 2020
If plants can absorb nanoplastics through their roots, scientists worry what these plastic coverings may be doing to our food supply.Photo: Yann Schreiber (Getty)Nothing seems safe from the grips of plastic these days. Not national parks, not oceans, and, according to new findings, not even plants. The study, published in Nature Nanotechnology on Monday, found that…
