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		miles on June 14, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic Wired story from May 2008: Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/teen-decomposes/

asdlfj2sd33 on June 14, 2009 [–]

And that's also not entirely right as these microbes were known before the the kid "discovered" them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon-eating_bacteria

But Teen discovers world saving tech is too good a story to let reality get in the way.

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