Environment: Microplastics climb the food chain through both plants and animals, says study

25 May 2023

An ENEA-Cnr study published in the international journal Water described a part of the microplastics' journey "from water to the plate", demonstrating how these contaminants are transferred from fresh water to the roots of aquatic plants and, consequently, to the crustaceans that feed on it, damaging their genetic heritage and, in the long term, that of the entire ecosystem.