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Plastic Pollution Impacting Soil Microflora: A Study Toward Agricultural Productivity
Sustainable development goals series
2025
Dipayan Das,
D. L. Deb,
P. K. Paul
Summary
Researchers examined how plastic pollution in soil disrupts microbial communities that are essential for healthy agricultural ecosystems, with growing evidence that microplastic contamination of farmland could reduce soil fertility and threaten food production.
Plastic pollution, a global environmental crisis, has long been recognized for its detrimental effects on marine ecosystems (Thushari and Senevirathna 2020). However, its impact on terrestrial environments, particularly soil ecosystems, has only recently begun to...