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  • In the new study, the vast majority of the microplastics were concentrated on the root caps of the plants, a protective structure on the tip of the plant’s roots. A smaller amount was observed in the roots themselves, and even less was found in the stem. No plastic was detected in the leaves.

    Notably, removal by binding them, not dissolving them.

    I don’t get why you would then suggest farming the leaves only. The microplastics are still in the environment then.

    Especially the burning example, wouldn’t collecting the whole plant and burning the roots too remove the microplastics from the environment instead of only binding them?









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    Update at 10:20 pm ET: Mozilla has since announced a change to the license language to address user complaints. It now says, “You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. This includes processing your data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice. It also includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the purpose of doing as you request with the content you input in Firefox. This does not give Mozilla any ownership in that content.”

    Mozilla may also receive location-related keywords from your search (such as when you search for “Boston”) and share this with our partners to provide recommended and sponsored content. Where this occurs, Mozilla cannot associate the keyword search with an individual user once the search suggestion has been served and partners are never able to associate search suggestions with an individual user. You can remove this functionality at any time by turning off Sponsored Suggestions—more information on how to do this is available in the relevant Firefox Support page.

    So, turn off Sponsored Suggestions and you’re (probably) good to go.