What's more, we don't really under stand all that much about the impact on health of metals transmitted through plants. When heavy metals meet plants, given that the reaction of each type of plant to pollutants differs, just what the exact relationship is among soil, metals, plants, and disease when the four are brought together has become a focus for agricultural, environmental, and public health officials.
當重金屬「遇見」土壤，加上各個品種的作物對汙染物的反應不同，土、重金屬、作物再與疾病四合一，彼此間倒底如何作用，已變成農業、環保、公衛人員的課題。