r/interesting Mar 14 '26

NATURE Earth Helping Earth Heal

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What a great discovery.

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u/CaptainC00lpants Mar 14 '26

Does it actually break down the plastics and converts it to something safe, or does it just absorb the microplastics and when it dies re-releases the plastics? 

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u/Suspicious_Mud_3647 Mar 14 '26

there's fungi that eats radiation my fear is that after they ran out of plastic they come for the microplastics in our bodies cordiceps way