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		IAmBroom 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A plastic made from milk that vanishes in 13 weeks That can't be right - even 60 C is 140 F. No normal water bodies are near that hot. If it's actually 60/90 FAHRENHEIT, very few water bodies are (currently) 90 F. That's above even most equatorial temps.

jacobolus 30 days ago [–]

Yes, that's the point. It will only break down in water when the water is hot. Here's the paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11696-022-02286-x

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