Plastics are accumulating in ecosystems around the world, and their tiny fragments can collect and carry chemical pollutants and pathogens into plants, animals and people. When fishermen in Cambodia's Mekong River became alarmed about the amounts of plastic they were hauling up with each catch, ...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-limited-rural-communities-linked-high.html)