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  • From: "georg parlow" <georg@websuxxess.com>
  • To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Water Hyacinth
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:30:15 +0200

> mushrooms cultivated ended up enriched with potassium, magnesium,
> iodine and calcium, along with numerous other components that are
> critical to a healthy food diet. Much of what was lost in the form
> of washed away topsoil can be recovered in the mushroom. The water
> hyacinth can also recover harmful metals such as cadmium and lead
> and store them in their roots if these metals are found in the rivers
> or lakes.

makes sense, but...: mushrooms are known to store heavy metals, so if these
are present in the water hyazint growing medium, they will end up on the
consumers plate?

wonders georg





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