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Study shows that European farmlands are among the largest global reservoirs of microplastics with their soil being contaminated with about 710 trillion particles, effectively tainting the food supply.

Plastic pollution is one of the defining legacies of our modern way of life, but it is now so widespread it is even finding its way into fruit and vegetables as they grow.

Nigerian drinking water is massively affected by microplastics, according to new research.

Farmlands across Europe are potentially the biggest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilizers derived from sewage sludge, new research has shown.

The sludge that is created through sewage treatment processes is rich in nutrients like phosphorous and nitrogen, making it an excellent source of fertilizer for agriculture. But research has found it also contains significant amounts of microplastics.

Cardiff University researchers calculated that between 31,000 and 42,000 tons of microplastic particles (or 86-710 trillion microplastic particles) are introduced to European soils each year, reflecting the quantity of microplastics detected in ocean surface waters

We might have unknowingly been dumping huge quantities of microplastics on our croplands.