Nanoparticles may increase plant DNA damage, new evidence shows
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 14:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have provided the first evidence that engineered nanoparticles are able to accumulate within plants and damage their DNA. Under laboratory conditions, cupric oxide nanoparticles have the capacity to enter plant root cells and generate many mutagenic DNA base lesions.
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