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Uptake of Microplastics and Their Effects on Plants

˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry 2020 34 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Lianzhen Li, Jie Yang, Qian Zhou, Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg, Yongming Luo

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Researchers reviewed accumulating evidence on microplastic uptake by terrestrial plants, finding that particles smaller than 200 nm can enter root cells and translocate to shoots, potentially disrupting photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, and growth while opening a pathway for microplastics to enter the human food chain through crops.

Microplastics (MPs, 100 nm to 5 mm) may represent a risk to ecosystem and human health, and MP pollution has become a topic of global environmental concern. Despite many reports on the accumulation of MPs in aquatic species, research on terrestrial...

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