Mikroplastik in der natürlichen Umwelt wird von pathogenen und antimikrobiell resistenten Bakterien besiedelt. Das Studienteam fordert dringende Maßnahmen zur Abfallbewirtschaftung und empfiehlt dringend das Tragen von Handschuhen bei der Strandreinigung

>An emerging concern associated with microplastics are the microbial communities that rapidly make their home on the particle surface, forming complex biofilms known as the “Plastisphere”. These communities may often include pathogenic (disease-causing) or antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria.
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>Wastewater treatment plants or solid waste landfill sites have been proposed to spread, boost or influence the evolution of antimicrobial resistance and pathogens in nature. This may well increase the risk to human health and it is therefore vital that more is understood about the interactions of the bacterial communities within the Plastisphere and other marine pollutants, such as domestic and clinical wastewater.
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>Lab studies have shown that some commonly-discarded plastic materials serve as a platform for the selective growth of bacterial communities responsible for AMR and diseases in both humans and animals. Whilst previous work has explored this in the environment, several questions and issues remained unanswered, which this new study aimed to address.

Sewers to Seas: exploring pathogens and antimicrobial resistance on microplastics from hospital wastewater to marine environments https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109944

Oh yeah, thats some end times angle I hadn’t considered. Waste plastic + new incurable bacteria. We thought PFAS in your balls was bad…