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"plastic" in the life chain

"plastic" in the life chain
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]30 March 2011 ntvmsnbc

Researchers think that some bacteria feed with plastic waste in the ocean... [[T][4]

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Tracy Mincer, who served in the Woods Hole Ochinography Institute in the USA, encountered plastic wastes in the ocean.

Mincer reviewed small plastic wastes in the ocean under microscope. And each saw that one becomes a bactericidal. They understood that these bacteria live in tiny pits on plastics and their structure resembles plastic. Mincer thinks that these bacteria start feeding with plastic. Now the question in minds does not enter into the life chain in the sea through these bacteria?

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