I remember when Popular Mechanics used to be an insightful, informative publication. Not so any more. These days, they just regurgitate the same kind of claims that worked so well to gin up public hysteria during the pandemic.

Biofouling may result in a massive marine super-spreader event if preventative measures prove inadequate.

This exposure could turn into a biological apocalypse.

And on top of all that, some species notorious for biofouling can also become parasitic to native species, which can then cause outbreaks of disease that threaten many host species and (depending on the parasite) could possibly infect humans.