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    • Figure 1. 

      Effects of microplastics (MPs) and other pollutants on soil-plant systems.

    • Figure 2. 

      Cumulative papers on interactions between microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals or organic pollutants.

    • VariablesMPs × CdMPs × CuMPs × PbMPs × AsMPs × Hg
      Heavy metal solubility↑↓−−−↓
      Organic matter↓−−−−
      Microbes/animals↓−↓↑↓
      Heavy metal uptake−↑↑−−
      Root biomass↓−−↓−
      Shoot biomass↓↓−−−
      Yield−↓−−−
      Cd: Cadmium; Cu: Copper; Pb: Lead; As: Arsenic; Hg: Mercury; ↑: Increase; ↓: Decrease; ↑↓: Increase or Decrease; −: not known.

      Table 1. 

      Effects of microplastics (MPs) and heavy metal interactions on the soil and plant properties.