Bacteria Can Consume Used Plastic And Turn It Into Medicine

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

New research finds a way to take waste plastic that might end up in landfills and turn it into a common pain medicine. Plus: starting Friday in South Dakota, it's Clark Potato Days. Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol (University of Edinburgh)CLARK POTATO DAYS Our backers have transformed this show into what it is today, join them on Patreon

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