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Scientists discover plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up world’s oceans (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

this is cool and all but what if it gets in our blood, no scratch that, what if it gets INSIDE our brains?? yknow, where the microplastics are stored.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

You can even buy your own and do this at home, but I'm not sure how it compares to the strains mentioned in the article.

https://northspore.com/collections/liquid-cultures/products/polyurethane-degrading-liquid-culture-syringe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't they discover them years ago at the garbage dump in Japan?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I recall reading something about that a few years ago.