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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it just eats plastic and nothing else. This is actually a good thing. Eat all the microplastics you can little bacteria

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the waste product is deadly in small amounts then it's still a disaster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yep. Ain't the bacteria that gets you, it's their shit. Same reason you can sterilize rotten food and still get sick.