"All Types of Soils, Even Desert Soils, Are Contaminated": an Alert Study on Plastic Pollution

In the agri-food sector, plastic occupies a central place. From packaging to agricultural techniques to transport, it is omnipresent. However, its use in food and agriculture pollutes the soil and degrades the health of living beings to a level of...

Thirty experts analysed 4,500 studies on the use of plastics in agriculture and food, and their findings, published by the CNRS and the Inrae, are very worrying.