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Earthworms like to eat some plastics, but side effects of their digestion are unclear

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-04-06

Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost everything in their path, including microscopic plastic pollution.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-04-earthworms-plastics-side-effects-digestion.html