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Much of the land, air and water around the world have been
contaminated by industrial waste and pollution. Many people are affected by the filth as
it`s unfortunate but true that what`s in the air and water around our homes regularly ends
up inside of our bodies. The problems are serious, but fortunately, nature has provided us
with an environmental solution in an unlikely package: mushrooms. Mycelium from mushrooms
has the unique ability to breakdown and detoxify a great deal of toxic industrial waste
and pollution.
Mycelium is actually the fruit of a mushroom. In forests, the mycelia breakdown and
recycle nitrogen, carbon and plant and animal debris; they turn the forests` waste
products into rich soil.
However, Paul Stemets, a longtime mushroom researcher, discovered that mushroom mycelium
also has the unique ability to break down hydrocarbons - and hydrocarbons are at the base
of many industrial pollutants. Everything from pesticides to dioxins have a hydrocarbon
base.
According to Stemets, mycelium can break down and detoxify biological warfare agents and heavy metals,
including lead and mercury. In addition, he`s found that mycelium can remove industrial
toxins from the soil, including pesticides, chlorine, dioxin, and PCBs. Since many of
these poisons are showing up in the umbilical cord blood of infants, it`s about time we
got serious about getting them out of the environment. Using mushroom mycelium is an
environmentally friendly way to do it, and it`s far less expensive than conventional
methods of environmental cleanup.
Conventional methods of removing industrial contamination include treating the waste with
chemicals or capturing the waste and burning it. Of course, the burning of industrial
waste just releases those chemicals right back into the air we all breathe. And this time,
it contains new and unknown chemical combinations - ones that might be more dangerous than
the original ones.
To cleanse the soil of contaminants, mycelium absorbs the compounds of the soil and water
around it. It acts as a filter to remove any usable materials, and then it releases
enzymes to break down any remaining contaminants. As an example of its effectiveness: when
soil contaminated with diesel fuel is inoculated with mycelia from oyster mushrooms, it
was found to lose its toxicity in just 8 weeks.
Many plants benefit from a relationship with mycelium, and mycelium makes up about 10
percent of many healthy soils. Trees often become more drought and disease resistant with
mycelium. Mycelium can also kill many agricultural pests; it even kills problems including
Staphylococcus sp. and E. coli.
Stemets tells us that mycelium can also be used to cleanse groundwater of contaminants and
pollutants. Yet, as with many natural healing techniques, what we really need are more
people using them. (Kim Evans, citizen journalist, See all articles by this author, Email
this author) http://www.naturalnews.com/z028132_detoxification_mycelium.html
More:
Mycelium Running, Paul Stemets
http://www.slideshare.net/AutoSurfR...
http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/scienc...
http://www.groundwork.org.za/Pamphl...
http://www.garden-zone.net/mycelium...
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