UMass Amherst: Research in Land Plants Shows Nanoplastics Accumulating in Tissues
June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020
AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 23 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news:
As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues in China. But "little is known about the behavior of nanoplastics in terrestrial environments, especially agricultural soils,&quo . . .
As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues in China. But "little is known about the behavior of nanoplastics in terrestrial environments, especially agricultural soils,&quo . . .