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Microplastics, like the ones pictured here, have been linked to several health concerns. Researchers from Boston University ...

3️⃣ Bacterial slime: Microplastics provide an excellent breeding ground, which may be contributing to the growing problem of dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs, new research found.

Microplastics don’t just carry bacteria — they actively help them develop drug resistance. Researchers found that within days ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Discovery in Israel raises hopes that major obstacle to developing new treatments for drug-resistant infections has been overcome ...

This leads to infections being harder to cure, sometimes even impossible to eradicate. Such “superbugs” cause several ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

Microplastics are accumulating in vital organs and promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which can prolong diseases and increase mortality. A study showed that bacteria like E. coli form ...