McDonald’s Happy Meal resists decomposition for six months

[Old Fart]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...ppy-meal-resists-decomposition-for-six-months

Vladimir Lenin, King Tut and the McDonald's Happy Meal: What do they all have in common? A shocking resistance to Mother Nature's cycle of decomposition and biodegradability, apparently.
That's the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald's Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time.

The results? "The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock," Davies told the U.K. Daily Mail.

She proceeded to photograph the Happy Meal each week and posted the pictures to Flickr to record the results of her experiment. Now, just over six months later, the Happy Meal has yet to even grow mold. She told the Daily Mail that "the food is plastic to the touch and has an acrylic sheen to it."

 

[inactive]

Not to defend McDonald's per se, but I imagine ANY food from anywhere containing that amount of salt would see similar results.

 

[Perrone]

You should watch a documentary called Super Size Me. It also proves this and will make you not want to eat fast food for a while. (about 6 months for me). If you watch it twice a year you'll loose tons of weight I'm sure.

 

[WNM]

I occasionally eat McDonald's for what it is. Cheap, fast, and will make a turd.

 

[Old Fart]

and will make a turd.

Well alrighty then.

 

[HVYCHVY]

I guess that why it feels like somebody punched me in the tummy everytime I eat McDs.

 

[jbarnett]

I occasionally eat McDonald's for what it is. Cheap, fast, and will make a turd.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Six months, Pfffttt, that's nothing. Open up an MRE, leave it out, and see how long it takes for it to decompose. Probably be more like six years.

 

[cktad]

You should watch a documentary called Super Size Me. It also proves this and will make you not want to eat fast food for a while. (about 6 months for me). If you watch it twice a year you'll loose tons of weight I'm sure.

After that aired a lady did the same thing only she ate the healthy items on the McDonalds menu and she lost weight and it didn't negatively affect her health.

 

[Perrone]

After that aired a lady did the same thing only she ate the healthy items on the McDonalds menu and she lost weight and it didn't negatively affect her health.

They have healthy items at McDonalds?