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Onions bear the brunt of microplastics
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Research highlighted that onions accumulating microplastics under environmental stress show concentration primarily in roots, pointing to direct uptake pathways from contaminated soil. Because onions are a globally consumed staple crop, this finding raises important concerns about how agricultural microplastic contamination translates into dietary human exposure.
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