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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.   
      
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