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Microplastics act as ‘rafts’, increasing the threat to environmental and public health – The Mail & Guardian

Summary by mg.co.za
While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is commonly linked to the overuse of antibiotics in hospitals and animal farming, an environmental contributor is increasingly coming into focus: microplastics.  These small plastic particles, typically less than 5mm in diameter, are increasingly recognised not only as environmental pollutants but also as active vectors in the evolution and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Although the crisi…

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The pollution of seas, air and soils by microplastics has already been researched many times. It is far less known how much of the even smaller nanoplastic is present in the environment. Now, a first systematic sampling in the North Atlantic shows that these less than a micrometer small plastic particles make up even the lion's share of marine plastic pollution.The researchers determined [...] The article More nanoplastics in the ocean than expe…

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mg.co.za broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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