Comment on Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours

Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The catch is that it’s useless in most plastics applications, where you really don’t want it to dissolve easily. Probably more catches, but that’s the one I see right away.

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  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also probably gonna turn out it dissolves into jsmaller plastics, perfectly sized for penetrating the blood-brain-barrier.

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    • Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Did you guys even read the article?

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you read the article, you’ll find that they claim it’s broken down into something which is processed by naturally occurring bacteria. I would have preferred that they linked to an actual research article for details, but this is explicitly not one of these “degradable” plastics that just dissolves into microplastic.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Article says it dissolves into components

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• embed_me@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It dissolves with salt. Our sweat will melt it

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  • Chivera@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Will that make it easier for our bodies to absorb it?

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah, of course. Although, they did mention coatings to protect the material, but it does sound like it will be more fragile than existing plastic.

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• Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The catch would be the reactor. An EVA type of plastic reactor can output more than 12 tons per hour these days.

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• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It just accelerated the microplastic pipeline.

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