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Microplastic may fuel antibiotic resistance: Study
Washington DC, March 13: In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.
A plastic spoon's worth of plastic is inside your brain, warns study
Ontario, March 4: A plastic spoon's worth of plastic is inside your brain, researchers warned on Tuesday, showing alarming new evidence about microplastic accumulation in human brain tissue.
US doctors find high plastic concentration in placentae of premature babies
New Delhi, Jan 31: In a shocking study, a team of doctors in the US has found a high concentration of microplastics and nanoplastics in the placentae of infants born prematurely.