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  2. Eleocharis dulcis - Wikipedia

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    Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms , but if eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants may transmit fasciolopsiasis .

  3. Eleocharis - Wikipedia

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    One of the best known species is the Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis. These plants bear tubers on their rhizomes which may be peeled and eaten raw or boiled. In Australia, magpie geese rely almost exclusively on these tubers for sustenance for a significant portion of the year.

  4. Water caltrop - Wikipedia

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    A rosette of water caltrop leaves. The water caltrop's submerged stem reaches 3.7 to 4.6 metres (12 to 15 feet) in length, anchored into the mud by very fine roots. It has two types of leaves: finely divided, feather-like submerged leaves borne along the length of the stem, and undivided floating leaves borne in a rosette at the water's surface.

  5. Water chestnut - Wikipedia

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    Water chestnut may refer to either of two plants, both used in Chinese cuisine: Eleocharis dulcis , or Chinese water chestnut, is eaten for its crisp corm Water caltrop , Trapa natans , is eaten for its starchy seed

  6. Microplastics Are in All of Us. Just How Bad Is That, Really?

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    The Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at UCSF offers additional tips to help minimize exposure to toxic chemicals, like those sometimes found in microplastics.

  7. Reproductive toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Reproductive toxicity refers to the potential risk from a given chemical, physical or biologic agent to adversely affect both male and female fertility as well as offspring development. [1] Reproductive toxicants may adversely affect sexual function, ovarian failure, fertility as well as causing developmental toxicity in the offspring.

  8. Aquatic plant - Wikipedia

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    They compete with phytoplanktons for excess nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, thus reducing the prevalence of eutrophication and harmful algal blooms, and have a significant effect on riparian soil chemistry [39] as their leaves, stems and roots slow down the water flow, capture sediments and trap pollutants.

  9. Bok choy - Wikipedia

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    The raw vegetable is 95% water, 2% carbohydrates, 1% protein and less than 1% fat. In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ounce) reference serving, raw bok choy provides 54 kilojoules (13 food calories ) of food energy and is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin A (30% DV), vitamin C (54% DV) and vitamin K (44% DV), while ...