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Assessment of microplastics as a source and carriers of pesticides to earthworms (Eisenia fetida)

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) 2019 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, Bruna S. Santos, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva, Anabela Cachada, Ruth Pereira

Summary

This study assessed the potential of microplastics to act as sources and carriers of pesticides to earthworms in agricultural soils. The findings raise concerns about how soil-dwelling organisms may be exposed to pesticide contamination through microplastic ingestion, with implications for soil health and food chain contamination.

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