What disturbs me is that now Morgellons sufferers are going to point to the Great Lakes as some kind of evidence to support their disease/perceived condition. Do you believe Morgellons is a real thing, and that's what disturbs you, or do you believe it's not a real thing, and the fact that people can become so obsessed with and certain of a phenomenon that is entirely in their own heads is what disturbs you? Or maybe it's just a creepy idea even if it's not real and that sqwuicks you out. I like to read about it, it interests me, but I think disturbs me on a level too.
I'm nearly certain that it isn't a genuine physical condition. But not only is it a creepy idea, but for some reason, the specific mindset behind it disturbs me in a unique way. I don't have any obsessive compulsive behaviors, but in the right frame of mind, I can imagine the sort of feelings/impulse that might underpin OCD. There's something about Morgellons where I imagine that I could also explore such a state of mind, but fuck no, I don't even want to look down that street.
Read The Heretics by Will Storr (different title in US, I believe) which has a whole chapter on Morgellons sufferers.
How about plastic-eating microbes?there's no obvious solution
but then what eats the plastic-eating microbes? I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly...