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Human Health Effects
Nanoplastics
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Polystyrene microplastic interaction with Oryza sativa: toxicity and metabolic mechanism
Environmental Science Nano
2021
109 citations
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Jiani Wu,
Jiani Wu,
Weitao Liu,
Aurang Zeb,
Jiapan Lian,
Yuebing Sun,
Hongwen Sun
Summary
Researchers confirmed for the first time that polystyrene nanoplastics can enter rice plant root cells through a process called endocytosis. This finding provides important new understanding of how microplastic contamination in soil may affect crop plants and potentially enter the food supply.
Polymers
For the first time, we confirmed that PS nanoplastics can enter plant root cells through endocytosis, which will provide important new insights into microplastic-induced phytotoxicity.