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[-] FatTony@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Can't we just inject ourselves with plastic eating bacteria or something?

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

If we knew of bacteria that cleanly ate plastic, we probably wouldn't be riddled with micro plastics 😉

[-] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

We know of them and are working on making them more efficient

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Those are Ideonella, and the byproducts are still toxic tu humans. Wouldn't work.

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