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A new Stanford research study examined where chemicals in plastic end up after digesting in a natural system, like a yellow mealworm’s gut. It concluded that those tiny mealworms may hold part of the solution to our giant plastics problem.

A new Stanford research study examined where chemicals in plastic end up after digesting in a natural system, like a yellow mealworm’s gut. It concluded that those tiny mealworms may hold part of the solution to our giant plastics problem.

  1. 22 Dec 2019

    Can mealworms solve the world’s plastic waste problem? Stanford researchers just discovered the worms can eat toxic plastic additives in Styrofoam and STILL be used as feed for other animals

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  2. 21 Dec 2019

    Mealworms provide plastic solution

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  3. 19 Dec 2019

    A new study shows mealworms can eat Styrofoam containing a common toxic chemical additive and still be safely used as protein-rich food supplements for animals.

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  4. 20 Dec 2019

    Plastic-munching mealworms actually digest the stuff and poop it out, vaulting worms into a key environmental cleanup position, says study via

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  5. 20 Dec 2019

    This study shows that a toxic additive doesn't accumulate in Styrofoam-eating mealworms:

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  6. 20 Dec 2019

    RT StanfordWoods: Can nature help us solve our problem? According to a new StanfordEng study, are able to consume both a variety of plastics as well as the toxic chemicals in Styrofoam. Read more:

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  7. 3 Dec 2019

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