Microplastics can become ‘hubs’ for antibiotic-resistant bacteria to grow once they wash down household drains and enter wastewater treatment plants, with certain strains of bacteria elevating antibiotic resistance by up to 30 times while living on microplastic biofilms at wastewater plants.

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