Paula 🌹 (@paularose.bsky.social)

Study provides first evidence that plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables Plastic pollution represents a global environmental challenge, and once in the environment, plastic can fragment into smaller and smaller pieces. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-evidence-plastic-nanoparticles-accumulate-edible.html#:~:text=The%20research%20used%20radishes%20to%20demonstrate%2C%20for%20the%20first%20time%2C%20that%20nanoplastics%E2%80%94some%20measuring%20as%20little%20as%20one%20millionth%20of%20a%20centimeter%20in%20diameter%E2%80%94can%20enter%20the%20roots%2C%20before%20spreading%20and%20accumulating%20into%20the%20edible%20parts%20of%20the%20plant