Learn how plastic pollution is creating new pathways for antibiotic resistance to become an even bigger public health threat.

Biodegradable plastics are not always safer for rivers and oceans, according to a new study that tracked how different ...

Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...

Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Two scourges of 20th ...

Bacteria discharged to the oceans in sewage and wastewater thrive on the biofilms that form on plastic waste. This may be leading to the somewhat unanticipated problem of antimicrobial resistance.

Researchers at Boston University found that microplastics can help bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. When E. coli grew on microplastics, they formed stronger biofilms that blocked antibiotic ...

When plastic – including plastic used in food and beverage packaging – is not disposed of correctly, it can end up leaking into the environment and even into people. Last year, four high production ...

For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and swap genes. And these crowded bacterial breeding grounds may pose a threat to ...