Thursday, October 10, 2019

Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected

Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously thought.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2olSbLs

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