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Mother Earth to the rescue ~ as we discover that we, as humans, can heal our bodies ~ so too, can Earth Mother … a little fungus will go a long way in eating a landfill of plastic!
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The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale University, appears to be quite happy eating plastic in airless landfills.
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The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.” The group searched for plants, and then cultured the microorganisms within the plant tissue. As it turns out, they brought back a fungus new to science with a voracious appetite for a global waste problem: polyurethane

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http://newearthdaily.com/amazon-fungi-eats-plastic/