Investigation into plastic pollution moves inland
New research highlights the increasing threat of microplastics to global farming and food production.Scientists at Staffordshire University are driving research to understand the scale of plastic pollution in agricultural soils and its impact around the world. Claire Gwinnett, Professor of Forensic and Environmental Science, explained: “We know a lot about microplastics in oceans and freshwater and we are starting to learn more about microplastics in the air, but we still know very little about microplastics in terrestrial environments. “With climate change, the pressure of increasing