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According to a 2021 study*, researchers found that plants absorb microplastics through their roots and then transfer them to their fruit, leaves, and stems.

The Environmental Research study found that apples are the most contaminated fruit with regard to microplastics. A single gram of apple contains over 100,000 pieces of microplastics.

According to the Environmental Research study, of all vegetables, carrots had the tiniest particles of microplastics, containing over 100,000 pieces per gram. By contrast, lettuce had the biggest particles of microplastics but were the least-contaminated vegetable studied.


*This is the link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8618759/ For some reason the insert link feature won't work.

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