As the volume of plastic in the environment increases, so too does human interactions with
plastic pollution. Similarly, domestic, feral, and wild animals are increasingly interacting with …

Plastic waste is ubiquitous in the environment and can become colonised by distinct
microbial biofilm communities, known collectively as the 'plastisphere.'The plastisphere can …

Discarded plastic wastes in the environment are serious challenges for sustainable waste
management and for the delivery of environmental and public health. Plastics in the …

Plastic pollution is a major environmental problem. Small plastic particles (called
microplastics) have been reported to have pernicious effects on human and wildlife health …

Pathogens and polymers can separately cause disease; however, environmental and
medical researchers are increasingly investigating the capacity of polymers to transfer …

Microplastics are small (< 5 mm) plastic particles of varying shapes and polymer types that
are now widespread global contaminants of marine and freshwater ecosystems. Various …

The public health significance of plastics and microplastics in different environmental
matrices has mainly focused on the toxicological effects of human ingestion. But these …

Plastic waste is ubiquitous in the environment and there are increasing reports of such
waste being colonised by human pathogens. However, the ability of pathogens to persist on …

Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid
waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; …

We are living in the 'Plastic Age', but unfortunately our non-human relatives with whom we
share our planet are not adapted to cope with the thousands of tons of plastic waste entering …