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Re: Plants for toxic areas

From: Maddy Harland <permaculture@gn.apc.org>
To: homestead-digest@world.std.com, kocher+@andrew.cmu.edu
Cc: permaculture-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Plants for toxic areas
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:27:16 GMT

There is a site in Britain which uses willow biomass to harvest acidic toxins
from a cider factory. Bull rushes are also known to take up heavy metals and
other toxins but with all plants, the metals are stored in the biomass and
cannot be consumed. Maddy

Plants for toxic areas, James M Kocher, 01/24/1997
- Re: Plants for toxic areas, Linda Felch, 01/24/1997
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Plants for toxic areas, Elfpermacl, 01/25/1997
- Re: Plants for toxic areas, Greg Jarrett, 01/26/1997
- Re: Plants for toxic areas, Maddy Harland, 01/27/1997
  - Re: Plants for toxic areas, Andrew Erb, 01/28/1997