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Over time it’s possible you’ll get some kind of fungus or yeast that can break the plastic down. This is already getting to be a problem in some modern art gall
by naravara 7y ago
Over time it’s possible you’ll get some kind of fungus or yeast that can break the plastic down. This is already getting to be a problem in some modern art galleries where modernist plastic exhibits are slowly dissolving into (and smelling like) arctic acid because some novel strains of yeast showed up that could digest them.
- adammunich 7y agoWhere can I read more about this?
- naravara 7y agoI first read about back in 2009: https://slate.com/culture/2009/07/a-generation-of-plastic-art-objects-are-degrading-like-overused-tupperware-can-they-be-saved.html https://slate.com/culture/2009/07/a-generation-of-plastic-ar...