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Coastal News Today | World - Disease-causing parasites can hitch a ride on plastics and potentially spread through the sea, new research suggests

Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a new study. This study connects microplastic pollution in the ocean with land-based, diseases-carrying pathogens. The study, published April 26 in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens

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Land pathogens use microplastics to reach the ocean

Microplastics can allow disease-causing land pathogens to hitchhike into and disperse throughout the ocean, according to a new study. Read on!

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UC Davis: Microplastics can carry land-based parasites to ocean, affecting wildlife and human health

Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens.

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Microplastics give land pathogens a free ride to the ocean

When microplastics carry land-based parasites to the ocean it not only affects the health of wildlife. It can affect our health, too.

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Environmental News Network - Pathogens Can Hitch a Ride on Plastic to Reach the Sea

Environmental News Network - Pathogens Can Hitch a Ride on Plastic to Reach the Sea
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