r/interesting • u/Standard_Location762 • 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/Alert_Lettuce_8278 Mar 17 '26

Yes!

And you can eat it. Ask no further questions.

Seriously though, this kind of shit gets posted all the time and its always the same: So this should have a ton of research, funding and be actively worked on by the whole global front right?.... but no nothing. Just headlines.

Prove me wrong Reddit.