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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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[-] nsfwpls@lemdro.id 4 points 11 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

[-] CredibleBattery@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours 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.

[-] ijhoo@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago

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

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