Microplastics are 'silently spreading from soil to salad to humans'

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May 22, 2025, 7:20 am125 ptsTrending
A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans. Among the revelations in the comprehensive evaluation is that plastics in soil may be exposed to up to 10,000 chemical additives, most of which are unregulated in agriculture.

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