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What's in your salad? Crops exposed to nanoplastics may boost heavy metal intake

  • March 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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What's in your salad? Crops exposed to nanoplastics may boost heavy metal intake
Leafy vegetables like lettuce are readily available in grocery stores and often seen as a healthy food choice. As researchers work to understand how emerging contaminants behave in plants, new research is shedding light on how lettuce responds to combined environmental stressors.

Originally published at Phys.org

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