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|    RS Wood to JAB    |
|    Re: Scientists discover plastic-eating b    |
|    17 Mar 16 19:36:02    |
   
   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2016-03-11, JAB wrote:   
   > ...   
   > This could be really good news for the environment. Almost a third of   
   > all plastic packaging escapes collection systems and ends up in nature   
   > or clogging up infrastructure, the World Economic Forum (WEF) warned.   
   > ...   
   > ...   
   > ...   
   > Back in September, researchers also found that mealworms can live on a   
   > diet of styrofoam and other types of plastic. "   
   >   
      
   I remember hearing about this a few years back - can't possibly NOT be   
   the same thing. Hope we can breed a bunch of this stuff and dump it on   
   that horrific garage patch at the center of the Pacific - what a blight.   
   Humans: the anthropocene has been quite the downturn in earth's history.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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