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Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch (futurism.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Can't wait for the pandemic of plastic eating fungus infecting the human race and living on the micro plastic in our testicles.
Or, like, all medical tools becoming impossible to package and ship cause of this fungus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

Or just spreading outside of the garbage patch and getting into a city. Suddenly everywhere there's plastic coated electric wiring becomes a fire hazard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe just the second one. Or neither.

[–] Tyfud 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

It can survive in salt water, but probably not our bloodstream when we're making antibodies

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I've heard the reason hot blooded animals evolved is because they're resistant to fungal infections unlike cold blooded animals

[–] just_another_person 23 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

P. album is capable of mineralizating UV-treated polyethylene (PE) into CO2.

Well, FUCK!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

First I was like "that sounds really good actually" but turning it into CO2 probably isnt good news

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Might it be better than sticking around is plastic for thousands of years? I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

“Life finds a way” 😎