The World Institute of Kimchi announced on Wednesday that it had injected lab mice with Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656, a type of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, and found that their detected nanoplastic levels were more than twice as high as those of mice not injected with CBA3656.

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[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago

They're also safe from electric fans. Metal chopsticks + no fans stealing their souls while they sleep... Actually, I can't even finish my thought on this one. I'm a US citizen. South Korea is doing pretty well by my current standards.