Eating pollution? Plastic-to-cookie technology raises safety, environmental concerns
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University of Illinois researchers have developed 3D-printed vanilla cookies made from plastic bottles and corn waste using genetically engineered yeast, though the product has not yet been tasted. The project, originally part of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, aims to address both plastic pollution and food scarcity by converting PET plastic into edible protein. Food safety experts warn that genetically engineered yeast can “unexpectedly pr…
There are currently millions of people in the world suffering from hunger and food insecurity, while one third of the world's population cannot have access to a balanced diet and at the same time our planet faces a growing problem stemming from plastic contamination; now, a team of scientists found a way to use the problem of pollution to solve famine thanks to a cookie, describes the EFE News Agency.
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