The researchers found foodborne pathogens that had formed colonies of pathogens in a sticky biofilm in three common types of plastic in raw and treated wastewater.
The outbreak has now sickened 90 people in 13 states, with 27 people hospitalized.
The number of people sickened in the multistate E coli O157:H7 outbreak has risen from 49 to 75, with 22 hospitalized.
Federal investigators are looking at ground beef and slivered onions as potential sources of the outbreak.
Climate change will have increasing effects on public health and food security over time, the authors say.
Nearly 12% of E coli isolates from dogs and cats in German veterinary practices were resistant to third-generation cephalosporins.
A new study estimates that only 33% of people in 135 low- and middle-income countries used a safely managed drinking water service in 2020.
Pathogens like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus fell substantially prior to the pandemic, but others increased, and some surged during COVID-19.
Raw Farm (formerly Organic Pastures) of Fresno, California, has been linked to the outbreak.
The incidence of domestically acquired campylobacteriosis, pathogenic E coli infection, yersiniosis, vibriosis, and cyclosporiasis increased.
