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"Angela Graves has lived in Merrimack, N.H., almost all her life. She grew up
aware of the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant on the edge of town, and
as a teenager learned alongside her community of the dangerous “forever
chemicals” it emitted for years. Now, eager to see those pollutants scrubbed
from her hometown’s soil and frustrated by a lack of progress, Graves herself
has proposed an experimental solution: fungi.
“They haven’t made a remediation plan,” said the recent Plymouth State
University graduate who now works as a field organizer with the League of
Conservation Voters, though she is pursuing her remediation work independently.
“So I was like, all right, I’m tired of waiting. I’m just going to make my
own.”
Graves has secured preliminary support from the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services for an experimental trial in mycoremediation, or the use
of fungi to clean up pollutants from a contaminated area.
The use of mushrooms and other organisms to help absorb and break down
pollution is a relatively new area of study. The pilot will focus on one type
of forever chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and it’s not yet clear
how much contamination could be removed through this method.
Graves, however, views the study as a crucial step toward finding out. She
hopes the work will ultimately demonstrate a more affordable and natural way to
lighten the load of contaminants burdening her community."
Via
Reasons to be Cheerful:
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-octopus-farms/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
