Plants exposed to dust laden with PET MPs under these conditions showed significantly lower absorption in leaf tissue, confirming that open stomata are crucial for foliar uptake of airborne MPs.

Before analysis, all plant leaves were washed with filtered distilled water and ethanol. After just one day of maize exposure to plastic-laden dust, there was already measurable absorption of PET ...

Built on the rooftop of DUBAL’s Desalination Plant Control Building, the new absorption chiller has assumed the functions formerly fulfilled by the electrically-driven vapour compression air ...