Mycoremediation: Expunging environmental pollutants - a radical solution for East Palestine's land and water poisoning? (And a massive proximate water table)

H/t Dr Jason Dean on the Pete Santelli show here:

Brighteon “THE EAST PALESTINE CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IS AN ACT OF WAR | DR. JASON DEAN”

Pretty “explosive” headline, but within the interview with Dr Dean, the doctor mentioned “Mycoremediation”. Here are some details.

From here – put your fungis/mushroom hars on!

Mycoremediation: Expunging environmental pollutants - ScienceDirect

“Highlights

·        Mycoremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, challenges, and strategies to overcome.

·        Role of the fungi in eradicating heavy metal contamination from the polluted sites.

·        Mycoremediation of agricultural wastes including pesticides, herbicides, and cyanotoxins.

·        Pharmaceutical wastes and strategies for its remediation using white-rot and ligninolytic fungus.”

“Mycoremediation, employing fungi or its derivatives for remediation of environmental pollutants, is a comparatively cost-effective, eco-friendly, and effective method. It has advantages over other conventional and bioremediation methods.”

From Wikipedia: Mycoremediation - Wikipedia

“Fungi have been proven to be a cheap, effective and environmentally sound way for removing a wide array of contaminants from damaged environments or wastewater. These contaminants include heavy metals, organic pollutants, textile dyes, leather tanning chemicals and wastewater, petroleum fuels, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, pesticides and herbicides[2] in land, fresh water, and marine environments.”

Pete Santelli’s interview goes on to talk about the need for ensuring the supply of clean water.

And this from “Student Blog”:

Mycoremediation: How Fungi Can Repair Our Land | Office of Sustainability - Student Blog (usfca.edu)

“Fungi have a unique propensity for breaking down chemical pollutants, including oil and pesticides, and extracting or binding heavy metals, even radiation (Ali & Di, 2017). Fungi are even able to filter water, supporting countless life cycles that are regenerative for ecosystems. Mycoremediation is a method that utilizes fungi mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus) in contaminated soil sites as a remedial treatment. The enzymes produced by a mushroom are efficient in breaking down a lot of different pollutants. At heart, this method is about employing fungi’s natural capabilities of decomposition to restore and regenerate land.”

Onwards!

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