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Plastic Pollution Is Turbocharging Bacterial Growth. The Solution May Be to Add More Bacteria.

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE A PLASTIC BAG?

“We’re potentially changing the whole food web.”

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Maddie Bender
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