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Tiny gut “sponge” bacteria found to flush out toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”
(www.sciencedaily.com)
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Just keep in mind how close our flesh is to plastic, chemically speaking. Anything that is really good at breaking down hydrocarbons may find us pretty tasty too.
We are comprised of tangled chains of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, with a sprinkle of various others. Plastic is slightly more complex chains, developed from the dead and entombed carcasses of ancient flora and fauna. That entombment process adjusts, but doesn't fundamentally alter the chemistry of those chains.