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tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

How a young mom’s cancer journey sparked a kelp-based alternative to plastic

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How a young mom’s cancer journey sparked a kelp-based alternative to plastic

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tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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After surviving breast cancer, Alexa Coulombe McGovern focused on creating kelp-based sustainable alternatives to plastic.

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/38615567

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    quite likely, since microplastics have found their way everywhere, even into our brains etc too! but finding as many alternatives to plastic as possible, wherever possible, seems like a good place to start reducing future microplastics.

    there’s some promising research in fungi / mycoremediation to safely break down the microplastics lying around in our soil etc too 🤞

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      Fungus shampoo! What could go wrong?

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        there was no mention of shampoo. there’s research going into using fungi to biodegrade microplastics in soil, like here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9330918/

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          Shampoo is in the article containing plastic.

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