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Fungi found on coconut husks can decompose plastic, sunscreen (www.hawaii.edu)

submitted 2 weeks ago by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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[-] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

shit is sunscreen bad for the environment?

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Chemical sunscreens can be. Mineral types that use zinc oxide or titanium oxide should be pretty okay to use.

[-] failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to 2 points 2 weeks ago

@wolfyvegan

I spent some time looking into this
As far as I can tell, the coconut husk thing is BS, cause it is well known and has been for some time that fungi can at least partially degrade some plastics

I was to lazy to see if the method used, an agar plate plaque assay, actually measues plastic degredation

this post was submitted on 22 May 2026

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