Growers Daily Are Microplastics Hurting Crop Production + Agrochemicals in Your Adult Beverages?
Welcome to episode 125 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Microplastics messing with photosynthesis, agrochemicals in alcohol, and why we can't just turn plastic into bricks.
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Microplastics and plants: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microplastics-are-making-photosynthesis-harder-for-plants-and-that-could-slash-crop-yields-study-suggests-180986209/
Microplastics and Plants (The Guardian):https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation
What Microplastics do to plants: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/20/3554
What we know about alcohol's link to cancer: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00729-5
Glyphosate in Beer (even organic beer): https://pirg.org/missouri/foundation/resources/glyphosate-pesticide-in-beer-and-wine/#:~:text=Large%2C%20conventional%20brands%20such%20as,glyphosate%20levels%20above%2025%20ppb.&text=One%20brand%2C%20Peak%20Beer%2C%20did,contain%20detectable%20levels%20of%20glyphosate.
Plastic bricks in Kenya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKTgMogqBxs
Plastic bricks in Ivory Coast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWNA1CjIaIw
Brothers Make video on plastic bricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEPAmGf-0i0
MIT on how much plastic is being recycled: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/12/1081129/plastic-recycling-climate-change-microplastics/#:~:text=How%20much%20plastic%20is%20actually,the%20demand%20for%20virgin%20polymers.
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