Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds Microplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found. The EU-funded project, which has so...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins)

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