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Scientists say nanoplastics could make salmonella stronger.

Scientists say nanoplastics could make salmonella stronger.
Marianne Stein Jayita De, a graduate student in food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the study’s lead author. Credit: ACES/Marianne University

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Researchers are studying the effects of nanoplastics on salmonella and have found that nanoplastics make the pathogen more virulent.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are specifically looking for salmonella in plastic used to package ground turkey.

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