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Plastic ‘bio-beads’ from sewage plants are polluting the oceans and spreading superbugs – but there are alternatives

By Pennie Lindeque, Professor of Marine Ecology, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Emily Stevenson, Affiliate, Microbiology, University of Exeter

Small plastic pellets, used in wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s, are more than just plastic pollution – they carriy potentially dangerous bacteria.

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