cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16488358

Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Assuming it doesn’t evolve the ability to digest human flesh after it eats all the plastic, I think this is great news.

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An interesting scifi plot could be where said fungi start hungering for the microplastics within us…

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First they came for our patch then they came for our balls

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Assuming you don’t have the immune system of a plastic bottle you will be fine.

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