Because of the proliferation of micro plastics in the water, soil, and organic life, we can’t get rid of it. Every human infected with it gets much healthier, because their micro plastics are broken down, but are then seem as a threat vector for spreading it.
Meanwhile, the earthworms and animals are spreading it through our forests and wild lands.
Great idea for a story!
Maybe it starts by inadvertently being introduced into a plumbing system. It eats PTFE, opening all plumbing joints, & spreading itself from there.
Because of the proliferation of micro plastics in the water, soil, and organic life, we can’t get rid of it. Every human infected with it gets much healthier, because their micro plastics are broken down, but are then seem as a threat vector for spreading it.
Meanwhile, the earthworms and animals are spreading it through our forests and wild lands.