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Plastic Wastes Can Be Carried Over Vast Distances To Reefs (The Asia Pacific Region Contains >11 Billion Pieces Of Plastics). Unfortunately, This Has Also Made It Possible For These Plastics To Carry Organisms That Can Infect These Coral Reefs When Caught In It, Thereby Increasing the Risk Of Disease Out Break By 89%.

Plastic Waste Spreads Disease to Coral Reefs: Scientists | News | teleSUR English

https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Plastic-Waste-Spreads-Disease-to-Coral-Reefs-Scientists-20180125-0032.html

Lamb explained the porous nature of plastics is the ideal environment for harmful microorganisms to grow.