Plants can absorb micro- and nanoplastics in their stems and roots, raising concerns about how natural ecosystems cope when plastic particles invade.
Plants can absorb micro- and nanoplastics in their stems and roots, raising concerns about how natural ecosystems cope when plastic particles invade.
However, a Danish-Chinese research team is proposing a new perspective: Why not use plants as an eco-friendly tool to collect and degrade plastic particles?
The concept is explored in a scientific article in the Eco-Environment and Health journal. The lead authors are from Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution & Ecological Restoration in China, with contributions from the University of Southern Denmark ecotoxicologist Elvis Genbo Xu from the Department of Biology. The article is freely available online here.
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