𝐃𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐢𝐧, Assistant Professor, and his team have been invited by Nature to address the "Microbial Risks of Plastic Pollution", spotlighting the often-overlooked plastisphere microbiomes linked to plastic waste. Their commentary titled "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝟕 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞?” has been published online on October 3, 2024.
Timed with the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in South Korea this November, this publication coincides with global efforts to finalize the UN Plastic Treaty terms, emphasizing critical issue of microbes that thrive on plastics and the biohazard risks they pose. The author team, led by 𝐃𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨 𝐋𝐢, CEE Postdoctoral Fellow supervised by Dr Jin, alongside distinguished scholars worldwide, stresses the importance of recognizing and tackling the microbial hazards. These insights are pivotal in the ongoing battle against plastic pollution on a global scale.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03150-6
