• @NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldOP
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      94 months ago

      The point of this research was to avoid even that.

      It’s pretty awesome that it even breaks down in soil:

      In soil, sheets of the new plastic degraded completely over the course of 10 days, supplying the soil with phosphorous and nitrogen similar to a fertilizer.

    • massive_bereavement
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      44 months ago

      Fun fact: Nano plastics do exist and are the most harmful kind as they can evade kidney filters, accessing your blood stream and doing all kind of hijinks at cellular level.