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  "id": 7784913,
  "title": "Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/microplastics-in-soil-pose-global-threat-by-acting-like-trojan-horse-7784913",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds Microplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found. The EU-funded project, which has so far resulted in 22 peer-reviewed studies , found microplastics in the soil of all 227 agricultural…",
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        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/microplastics-in-soil-pose-global-threat-by-acting-like-trojan-horse",
        "published": "2026-09-16T12:00:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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