The microplastics that pollute the environment and increasingly find their way into humans and animals can help bacteria become drug resistant, according to new research. E. coli bacteria exposed to microplastics in test tubes became resistant to multiple types of commonly used antibiotics,

A new study from researchers at Boston University found microplastics may play a role in the spread of drug-resistant bacteria.

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found.