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Re:Scientists identify microbe that could help degrade polyu... by londons_explore on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:08AM (#22703410)
By selectively breeding them to be more efficient at breaking down plastics faster, one might be increasing the risk of a runaway 'plastic-rot'.

I'm not concerned yet though, since current landfill sites are effectively perfect selective breeding grounds for 'plastic rot', yet so far we haven't detected any significant increase in the breakdown speeds of plastics in the environment.

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