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Ecological Impacts and Toxicity of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Agroecosystem

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Sesan Abiodun Aransiola, M. O. Victor-Ekwebelem, Ayorinde Emmanuel Ajiboye, Stella Suanu Leh-Togi Zobeashia, U.J.J. Ijah, O. J. Oyedele

Summary

Researchers assessed the ecological impacts of micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural environments, finding that these sub-millimeter and sub-micron polymer fragments act as environmental pollutants that disrupt soil health and pose risks to plant and animal life in farming systems.

Micro- and nanoplastics are fragments of small plastics that are of sizes 1–5000 microns and <1 μm and consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms chained together by polymer. Micro- and nanoplastics are environmental pollutants, and their...

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