Article 54WHH Plants Can Absorb Tiny Plastic Pieces Through Their Roots, Study Finds

Plants Can Absorb Tiny Plastic Pieces Through Their Roots, Study Finds

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Nothing seems safe from the grips of plastic these days. Not national parks, not oceans, and, according to new findings, not even plants. The study, published in Nature Nanotechnology on Monday, found that plants can absorb the tiniest bits of plastic through their roots. It shows the wide-ranging ways that plastic...

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