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Current situation of organic pollution in farmland soil
Summary
This review examines organic pollutants in farmland soil — including pesticides, microplastics, plasticizers, and antibiotics — finding that their widespread use from agriculture, sewage irrigation, and industrial activities poses serious threats to crop quality, food safety, and human health.
Because the massive application of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, sewage irrigation, mineral mining, and other human activities are increasingly frequent, the problem of farmland soil pollution is becoming increasingly serious. Among them, organic pollutants, such as pesticides, microplastics, plasticizers, and antibiotics, have seriously affected the output and quality of agricultural products and even seriously threatened human health through the food chain.
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