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To: PatrickHenry

Nylon is a petrochemical. There are organisms and bacteria that digest crude oil.


95 posted on 09/26/2005 10:05:42 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: connectthedots
Nylon is a petrochemical. There are organisms and bacteria that digest crude oil.

Nylon is not a hydrocarbon, it's a polyamide, and nylonase hydrolyses it at the amide linkage, entirely different chemistry than the enzymes that oxidize natural hydrocarbons.

Aspirin is also a petrochemical. I would advise that if you get a headache, not to apply the same logic. Drinking 20W50 is probably not going to make you feel better.

100 posted on 09/27/2005 7:34:54 AM PDT by Right Wing Professor
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