Route of Microplastic Contamination to Agricultural Food

Kalani Imalka Perera; Keshani Jayathilaka; Sachini Hansika Senevirathne; Manura Weerasinghe; Meththika Vithanage; Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-99774-7_3

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Route of Microplastic Contamination to Agricultural Food

2025

Kalani Imalka Perera, Keshani Jayathilaka, Sachini Hansika Senevirathne, Manura Weerasinghe, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha

Summary

Researchers reviewed the multiple pathways through which microplastics contaminate agricultural food, including plastic mulch films, sewage sludge fertilizers, irrigation water, and compost, highlighting food safety and agroecosystem health risks that extend from farm to table.

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Microplastic (MP) contamination of agricultural food is a concern for food safety, human health, and agroecosystems. Agricultural ecosystems can be affected by MP contamination via plastic mulch, sewage sludge, fertilizer, compost, irrigation water, municipal solid...

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