A shocking study: Plastic particles feed bacteria resistance to antibiotics

Alghad - 13/03
Researchers said that body pollution with micro -plastic molecules may enhance the ability of bacteria and viruses to resist antibiotics.

Researchers said that body pollution with micro -plastic molecules may enhance the ability of bacteria and viruses to resist antibiotics. Researchers at Boston University announced on Tuesday, March 11 that they were "shocked" when they noticed that bacteria resistant to antibiotics are strengthened when exposed to microscopic plastic molecules (small particles that arise from large plastic products and industrial waste). "Plastic provides a surface in which bacteria stick and colonize it.".

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