量化塑层抗生素耐药性的健康风险,解读城市化水域的驱动机制

Longji Zhu1, Ruilong Li2, Kai Yang1

  • 1Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.

Water research
|September 10, 2023
PubMed
概括

微塑料 (MP) 传播抗生素耐药性基因 (ARG),造成健康风险. 这项研究量化了ARG对国会议员的健康风险,发现聚乙烯构成最高风险,受到城市化和微生物因素的影响.

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