@douglasvb @dougfir @joy @ai6yr @yoused I live in one of the top strawberry growing areas in US. Plastic film used in part of the growing cycle was found to contribute to the amount of nano plastics in the soil, where they are taken up by plant roots and diffused into every part of the plant. Air borne particles also end up in the soil.
I eat a lot of strawberries, and am sure my body is full of nanoplastics. There are particles in nearly
every kind of food. Can science save us from ourselves?
@Barbramon1 @douglasvb @dougfir @joy @ai6yr @yoused We're trying to reduce the amount of plastic we use in our big garden / almost market farm. And it's hard. Flood irrigation: the dams are plastic. Drip irrigation: the tubes are plastic. Greenhouse/hoop house: the walls/cover are plastic. Tarps for late season ripening: plastic. And that's even without using plastic mulch like the big operations do and starting all our seedlings in soil blocks rather than plastic cups.
It's a problem.
@colo_lee @Barbramon1 @douglasvb @dougfir @joy @ai6yr Funny how my early comment was about stoners: hemp can be used for PVC and also for biodegradeable plastics. Not that making better plastics is the answer to using less of it.
