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HDPE is used in both plastic bottles and freshwater plumbing (under the name PEX).


From the Wikipedia page on PEX (Cross-linked polyethylene)

> It is also used for natural gas and _offshore oil applications_, chemical transportation, and transportation of sewage and slurries.

So yeah, a bacteria capable of dissolving that shouldn't be released anywhere near an offshore oil pipeline.


Tyvek is also polyethylene.




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