[ExI] Fungi eat plastic and can survive without oxygen; may clean ocean and landfills

Rafal Smigrodzki rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com
Fri May 8 12:37:32 UTC 2015


On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:24 AM, John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com>
wrote:
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> "It's the first fungus ever found to survive on only polyurethane, no
> oxygen needed, which is why they want to use it at the bottom of landfills."
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> https://www.minds.com/blog/view/428263953315926016/fungi-eat-plastic-and-can-survive-without-oxygen-may-clean-ocean-and-landfills
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> ### The comment at this link, "Maybe the mushrooms heard our call and
through meiosis, were able to rapidly develop to save the planet from the
plastic", is emblematic of what's wrong with so many in our society: When a
potential massive threat to human well-being is identified, all that they
say is "Let's hope it turns out even worse".

Rafał
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