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beAbU | on: A plastic made from milk that vanishes in 13 weeks
>... >1,000 kg, or 700 pounds of milk

Why do you mix your units like that.

ericd | parent
Because I'm American, so I use metric in scientific contexts, and weird medieval units in everyday ones :-)

I'll edit a bit for clarity for you all who live in more consistent places.