By the time she was ready to toss the kit together and dive in, she noticed the edges of the lettuce were turning an unexpected hue: pink. She asked around, “Is it safe to eat pink lettuce?” ...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, said it intercepted 53 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 1,958kg with a duty-paid value of N398m in Lagos. The command’s Public Relations ...

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More information: Trung Huu Bui et al, Micro-nanoscale polystyrene co-exposure impacts the uptake and translocation of arsenic and boscalid by lettuce (Lactuca sativa), NanoImpact (2025).

Micro-nanoscale polystyrene co-exposure impacts the uptake and translocation of arsenic and boscalid by lettuce (Lactuca sativa). NanoImpact , 2025; 37: 100541 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100541 ...

The first study in NanoImpact found that lettuce exposed to both nanoscale plastic particles and common environmental pollutants such as arsenic took up substantially more of the toxic substances ...