Comment on Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoThe 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.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Also probably gonna turn out it dissolves into jsmaller plastics, perfectly sized for penetrating the blood-brain-barrier.
Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Did you guys even read the article?
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Article says it dissolves into components