The long-term uncertainty of biodegradable mulch film residues and associated microplastics pollution on plant-soil health

Drought Alleviates the Negative Effects of Microplastics on Soil Micro-Food Web Complexity and Stability

“…However, co-occurrence network analyses are still advancing our understanding of the potential interactions among soil organisms within complex soil food web and are helpful in revealing the effects of global change factors on the soil multitrophic network complexity. , Second, our dataset in the present experiment was collected from a one-time sampling event at the end of 2-month experimental period, which might not be able to reveal the long-term effects of MPs on the soil-plant system. Actually, prolonged MPs pollution may adsorb more additional contaminants, release more toxic additives, and degrade into nanoplastics, , thus potentially leading to further negative impacts on soil resistance and resilience by affecting soil biodiversity, nutrient cycling, and plant growth. Therefore, further experiments with a longer experimental period should be conducted to explore the long-term effects of MPs pollution on soil micro-food web.…”

Potential Health Impact of Microplastics: A Review of Environmental Distribution, Human Exposure, and Toxic Effects

“…20 They (especially with negative charge) can get into the water transport system of plants, and then move to the roots, stems, leaves, and fruits. 32,33 Once microplastics enter agricultural systems through sewage sludge, 34 compost, 35 and plastic mulching, 36 they will cause food pollution, which may increase the risk of human exposure. Take-out food containers made of common polymer materials (PP, PS, PE, PET) are used widely, from which microplastics are found.…”

“…Microplastics may also have been widely distributed in soil, especially in agricultural systems . They (especially with negative charge) can get into the water transport system of plants, and then move to the roots, stems, leaves, and fruits. , Once microplastics enter agricultural systems through sewage sludge, compost, and plastic mulching, they will cause food pollution, which may increase the risk of human exposure.…”

A Diagrammatic Mini-Review on Soil-Human Health-Nexus: with Focus on Soil Nano-Pollution

“…Nanopollution in soil and their emerging concerns and risks Adhikari and Dharmarajan (2021) Possible effects of glass nanopollution on soil-plant system, on marine, terrestrial environments and affects food web Kumari et al (2022) Study the problems resulted from nano-bioremediation of pesticides from the contaminated soil Remediation role of nano zero valent iron combined with earthworm in polluted soil with polychlorinated biphenyls Zhang et al 2023 Water nanopollution Study and assessment of nanopollution resulted from different commercial products in water environments (sunscreens, body creams, sanitizer, and socks), which mainly contain nTiO 2 , nAg, and nZnO Lehutso and Thwala (2021) Nanopollution in the aquatic environments including phytoplankton, bacteria, zooplankton, and fish, their toxicological responses NPs-nanopollution in soil at the rhizosphere level, and their impacts on cultivated plants with focus on the effects of these NPs on plant producing primary and secondary metabolites Bouyahya et al (2022) Long-term uncertainty of biodegradable mulch film residues associated microplastics pollution on plant-soil health. Bioplastics are much easier to form nano-plastics and cause stronger toxic to plants Zhou et al (2023) Nanopollution in soil-plant system Soil nano-plastic pollution and its implications on soil-plant system through its impacts on nitrogen cycling and soil microbial activity Iqbal et al (2020) Nano-plastic pollution has ecological influence on soil-plant system and human health and can be transferred through the food chains Allouzi et al (2021) Nano-agrochemical ZnO toxicity reduced microbial activity, carbon, and nitrogen cycling of applied manures in the soil-plant system…”

“…2). Although there are several kinds of pollutants, nano-plastic is considered a serious source for human health as reported by many articles (e.g., He et al 2021;Cárdenas-Alcaide et al 2022;Huang et al 2022;Lai et al 2022;Zhou et al 2023). Several risks to the ecology and toxicity to humans have been confirmed and associated with nano-plastics (Lai et al 2022), which their adverse effects on human health could be taken place through uptake and translocation pathways (Fig.…”