Polystyrene nano- and microplastic accumulation at Arabidopsis and wheat root cap cells, but no evidence for uptake into roots

By Stephen E Taylor, C. Pearce, Karen A. Sanguinet, Dehong Hu, W. Chrisler, Young-Mo Kim, Zhan Wang, M. Flury. Environmental Science: Nano, 2020

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Association of plastic particles with plant roots could represent a pathway for human consumption of plastic and plastic-associated organic contaminants.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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