Marie Lukasiewicz
France
Study

In recent years, urban horticulture has become an increasingly important part of the world’s food supply. It has been shown that some vegetables grown near to major highways have a heavy metal content between 2 and 10 times higher than those sold in supermarkets. Here, we refute this hypothesis and demonstrate the beneficial health effects of over-consumption of plants from urban crops near major highways. This major discovery leads us to completely rethink horticulture and its impact on human development.