In 2010, marine scientists revealed that microplastics detected in the North Atlantic Ocean were teeming with a variety of living forms, including potentially deadly bacteria. Further investigation indicated that these microplastics may contain infectious disease agents such as parasites, bacteria, fungus, and viruses. Concerns have been raised regarding the possibility for diseases to hitchhike on these buoyant particles and be breathed or swallowed by animals, including people, due to the astonishing quantity of microplastic pollution in our oceans. Microplastics’ influence on disease transmission and antibiotic resistance is currently being studied. While data linking microplastics to increased illness is limited, researchers are actively examining the sea and its inhabitants in order to find bacteria linked with microplastics and undertake studies to determine their harmful potential. However, the wide range of possibilities

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