REPORT: PLASTIC POLLUTION IS ALSO PERVASIVE IN OUR AGRICULTURAL SOILS-by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The scourge of unsightly images of plastic refuse littering our beaches and oceans always receives much attention. But a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with far larger quantities of plastic pollution, posing an even greater threat to food security, people's health, and the environment. "This report serves as a loud call to coordinated and decisive action to facilitate good management practices and curb the disastrous use of plastics across the agricultural sectors," FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo said in the report's forward. Read more: https://phys.org/news/2021-12-plastic-pollution-pervasive-agricultural-soils.html