{"id":14483,"date":"2020-06-24T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/study-finds-nanoplastics-can-accumulate-in-plants-roots-and-stunt-their-growth\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:34:00","slug":"study-finds-nanoplastics-can-accumulate-in-plants-roots-and-stunt-their-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-finds-nanoplastics-can-accumulate-in-plants-roots-and-stunt-their-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"#Study finds nanoplastics can accumulate in plants\u2019 roots and stunt their growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Study finds nanoplastics can accumulate in plants\u2019 roots and stunt their growth<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n By Christopher Carbone, Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

June 24, 2020 |<\/span> 1:34pm <\/p>\n

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\n A graphic showing roots and root hairs absorbing nanoplastics.<\/span>
\n UMass Amherst\/Xing labShandong University\/Yuan and Wang labs<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n Environmentalists have warned for some time that micro and nanoplastics threaten marine life in the world\u2019s oceans. But now scientists are concerned about the negative impacts of nanoplastics in terrestrial environments.<\/p>\n

Baoshan Xing, an environmental scientist at University of Massachusetts Amherst\u2019s Stockbridge School of Agriculture, along with collaborators at Shandong University, China, point out that until now, there had been no direct evidence that nanoplastics are internalized by terrestrial plants.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur findings provide direct evidence that nanoplastics can accumulate in plants, depending on their surface charge. Plant accumulation of nanoplastics can have both direct ecological effects and implications for agricultural sustainability and food safety,\u201d the researchers state in the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Nanotechnology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Xing, the widespread use and persistence in the environment of these materials result in an \u201cenormous\u201d amount of plastic waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur experiments have given us evidence of nanoplastics uptake and accumulation in plants in the laboratory at the tissue and molecular level using microscopic, molecular and genetic app<\/a>roaches. We have demonstrated this from root to shoot,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

For the study, scientists grew Arabidopsis plants in soil mixed with differently charged, fluorescently labeled nanoplastics to assess plant weights, height, chlorophyll content and root growth. After seven weeks, they observed that plant biomass and height were lower in plants exposed to nanoplastics than in controls.<\/p>\n

\u201cNanoplastics reduced the total biomass of model plants,\u201d Xing explained. \u201cThey were smaller and the roots were much shorter. If you reduce the biomass, it\u2019s not good for the plant, yield is down and the nutritional value of crops may be compromised.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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