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submitted 9 months ago by just_another_person@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We just need to turn up the UV lights voltage and melt the plastic out. Is that something we could look into?

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

We are the plastic eating bacteria.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

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