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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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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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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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