Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say

August 31, 2026 · 11:01 pm 1 sources

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• Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say
  The Guardian · August 31, 2026 23:01
  Report calls for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution as soil ‘is a complex living ecosystem’ The accumulation of microplastics in soil presents an emerging threat to the UK’s food security, according to scientists, MPs and campaigners who have called for legally binding targets…