It is becoming more feasible to use nano-enabled agricultural products such as nanofertilizers and nanopesticides to improve the efficiency of agrochemical delivery to crop plants. Experimental results have shown that nano-agrochemicals have great potential for reducing the environmental impact of traditional agrochemicals while simultaneously significantly increasing crop production. However, emerging data suggest that nano-enabled products are not only capable of increasing yield, but also result in alterations in crop quality. Variation in proteins, sugars, starch content, as well as in metallic essential elements have been reported. Verbi gratia, albumin, globulin, and prolamin have been significantly increased in rice exposed to CeO₂ engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), while CeO₂, CuO, and ZnO ENPs have increased Ca, Mg, and P in several crops. Conversely, reductions in Mo and Ni have been reported in cucumber and kidney beans exposed to CeO₂ and ZnO engineered nanomaterials, respectively. However, reports on specific effects in human health due to the consumption of agricultural products obtained from plants exposed to nano-agrochemicals are still missing.

使用诸如纳米肥料和纳米农药之类的纳米农业产品来提高农用化学品向农作物的输送效率变得越来越可行。实验结果表明，纳米农用化学品在减少传统农用化学品对环境的影响方面具有巨大潜力，同时可以显着提高农作物的产量。但是，新出现的数据表明，纳米产品不仅能够提高产量，而且还会导致农作物质量发生变化。蛋白质，糖，淀粉含量以及金属必需元素的变化已有报道。暴露于CeO ₂工程纳米颗粒（ENP）的水稻中的Verbi gratia，白蛋白，球蛋白和谷醇溶蛋白显着增加，而CeO_{如图2所示}，CuO和ZnO ENP在几种作物中的Ca，Mg和P含量增加。相反，已经报道了分别暴露于CeO ₂和ZnO工程纳米材料的黄瓜和菜豆中Mo和Ni的减少。然而，关于食用从暴露于纳米农用化学品的植物中获得的农产品所产生的对人类健康的特定影响的报道仍然缺失。