Association of zoonotic protozoan parasites with microplastics in seawater and implications for human and wildlife health

Zhang, E. et al., Scientific Reports Plastics & Pollution

Association of zoonotic protozoan parasites with microplastics in seawater and implications for human and wildlife health
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Their accumulation in the marine food chain may also pose a threat to wildlife that consume species that can accumulate microplastic particles. Microplastic contamination in marine ecosystems has thus raised concerns for both human and wildlife health. [This] study addresses an unexplored area of research targeting the interaction between plastic and pathogen pollution of coastal waters. 

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