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Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever

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On 9/30/15 4:31 PM, nuny@bid.nes wrote:
>    Practically since styrofoam was invented, people have been going on about how it would contaminate the environment forever since it isn't biodegradable.
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>    Well, it turns out that it is. Just as ruminants can digest cellulose thanks to bacteria living in their guts, the humble mealworm can digest styrofoam because it similarly hosts bacteria that break the polystyrene down enough that the worms can thrive on it:
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> http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0930/The-secret-to-composting-Styrofoam-Mealworms
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>    Now, the researchers are looking for a suitable marine analog to the mealworms to address all of the plastic in and on the oceans.
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>    This is all due to a 2009 discovery by a High School student (who seems to have been edged out of the current work), but sadly, not one in the U. S. school system:
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> http://www.sustainableplastics.org/news/mealworm-science-project-could-help-environment
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>
>    Mark L. Fergerson
>


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OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 14:31 -0700
  Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 20:13 -0500
  Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 18:39 -0700
  Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-09-30 19:21 -0700
    Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 06:28 +0200
  Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 07:08 +0200
    Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 23:32 -0700
      Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-10-01 11:21 -0700
        sauce for styro noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 11:41 -0700
          sauce from styro, and plastic is your primary tool in the neolithic ... what ever was before that noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 18:35 -0700
    Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-01 15:47 -0700
      Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 06:38 +0200
        Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-02 13:34 -0700
  Re: OT: Styrofoam May Not Be Forever "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 13:58 -0700

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