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The Plastisphere: Ocean Pollution May Trigger Next Pandemic

Every year, no less than 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into oceans
Every year, no less than 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into oceans Andrey Nekrasov/ZUMA Wire

Plastic pollution has contaminated our oceans to the point where a new ecological niche of anthropic origin has been coined: the ‘plastisphere’. The bacteria that proliferate there could lead to the next health crisis.

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