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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, openpermaculture <permaculture@openpermaculture.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] A Primeval Tide of Toxins - Evolution in reverse
  • Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:21:10 -0400

The fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour.

When fishermen touched it, their skin broke out in searing welts. Their lips blistered and peeled. Their eyes burned and swelled shut. Water that splashed from their nets spread the inflammation to their legs and torsos. Read the rest of the story.


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-me-ocean30jul30,0,952130.story

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Keith Johnson
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 5516
Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 335-0383
http://www.permacultureactivist.net
also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting




  • [permaculture] A Primeval Tide of Toxins - Evolution in reverse, Keith Johnson, 09/20/2006

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