Plastic Eating Bacteria
Two high school senior girls in Vancouver have recently discovered a process that helps break down plastic. This process begins with solvent that dissolves the plastic, and then what is left over can be consumed by their newly developed bacteria. This bacteria was made to specifically eat phthalate, a material found in plastic that is hard to break down. Over in Japan at Kyoto University, they found a completely new bacteria species that eats plastics. There are also current studies on how meal worms can eat Styrofoam and plastic. I believe that this could be a extremely beneficial discovery to the world. Being that all the plastic ever used is still floating around somewhere on earth either in landfills or oceans, although side effects are not yet known. Learn about the bacteria here!
Fantastic! Gun violence, racial injustices, and climate change are the most prevalent subject in American national news at the moment, and will continue to be until prevailing changes are made towards policies in order to ensure the improvement of our nation as a whole. The various marches advocating for womens rights, the BLM movement, and gun control are increasingly prevelent within the media, and it is beneficial to know that supporters of the recognition of climate change and the subsequent promotion of policy change there of are taking legal and social action like those who advocate the various other movements and causes mentioned.
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