• lugal
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    There does exist biological plastic made of plants. That might work as an equivalent to e cigarettes

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      What it’s made from is irrelevant. Plastic doesn’t break down in the gut and can cause dangerous blockages.

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        True but micro plastics is extra bad I think

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          I put them in my stir fry, it really makes the noodles pop.

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      Weren’t the first plastics made of the original biopolymer? Celluloid from cellulose?

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        Shit I’d argue chitons the first plastic.

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          Fair. Both are sufficiently ancient, but cellulose bearing species diverged earlier chitin bearing ones. Exact timing on it tho is nebulous. So either will do.

          I only mention cellulose specifically because it is the historic precursor to the first man made plastic, celluloid. But there are now processes to convert chitin to chitosan, which is a moldable plastic.

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        Donno but sounds plausible