Microbes from humics lakes surprise - bacteria and algae produced omega-3 fatty acids from microplastics. The environmental fate of microplastics has been difficult to trace. A research group used carbon isotope labeling to follow the fate of polyethylene in the food chain. To the researchers surprise, plastic carbon was transformed into beneficial fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, by the microbes originating from humic lakes. Source 3c.

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