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Published: Jan. 11, 2024, 8 a.m.

Be Skeptikal Dammit: \xa0Counterfeit Drug Puts Australians in Hospital

Environment: \xa0Plastics in the Ocean Help Make Pathogens More Virulent

Main and Positive: \xa0I Made it to 100!

Show Notes:

Fake weight loss drug \xa0 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67217729 \xa0 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/06/tga-investigates-influencers-after-diabetes-drug-ozempic-promoted-as-weight-loss-treatment \xa0 https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-husbands-plea-after-wife-dies-trying-to-lose-weight-for-daughters-wedding-213812998.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB3zLoNcLsTo-lHQBSVhI6fRBebNJng5GCvnTcUt_XObO8ayImGMS4lC4R7dd5TxJp9-Im-QKHUuFEszQJBVSX8EYHPnTbKgR7WurYXjs5cMR8cBTotOu_F8btjFbiEp73HwDfExFwz1TkxicUdCZcZpYaHqH0q52RduiDwYYT9l \xa0 micro plastic exposure makes microbes more virulent \xa0 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/microplastic-exposure-makes-microbes-more-virulent-180982436/#:~:text=The%20scientists%20aren't%20exactly,in%20resistance%20to%20all%20antimicrobials.
\xa0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963316/ \xa0 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749123005602 \xa0 synthetic sponges soak up microplatics \xa0 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-have-created-synthetic-sponges-that-soak-up-microplastics-180983017/
\xa0 https://greencitizen.com/news/synthetic-sponges-show-promise-in-microplastic-removal-efforts/ \xa0 https://www.fastcompany.com/90744494/microplastics-are-everywhere-these-sponges-could-help-capture-them \xa0 \xa0 THAT'S IT.\xa0 REST WILL BE SHARING; STATS, FAVES, ETC.