permaculture

[Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

Per the microbiologist I discussed this with, microbes interact/bind with 
mercury to make it inert, meaning it cannot absorb into living tissue. Fungi 
can absorb it and then be removed and stored as toxic waste - there may be 
some fungi that make it inert as well? Microbes will work in soils and in 
water, both. This tribe is using these microbes as an economic engine and 
this is one reason I recommend their use as it contributes to the tribe 
economically as well as environmentally. 

Cory

--- On Fri, 6/11/10, John Thomas Naisbitt <johntnaisbitt@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: John Thomas Naisbitt <johntnaisbitt@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Cleaning/Containing Mercury
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 8:06 AM
> Cuauhtemoc,
> 
> I would recommend you contact Paul Stammets at
> www.fungiperfecti.com after
> "brisking" through the info within "Mycoremediation, Fungal
> Bioremediation",
> Harbhajan Singh, 2006, it appears that there is at least
> one white rot
> fungi, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, which bio absorbs heavy
> metals including
> Mercury. Paul has pioneered some techniques in
> mycoremediation in the state
> of Washington and may be of some help if this is a
> direction which you wish
> to pursue.
> 
> There are other methods used in artificial wetlands systems
> utilizing
> aquatic plants as bioacumulators. As far as final
> containment of the Mercury
> bearing waste product, I draw a blank...... but compost is
> out of the
> picture.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Cuauhtemoc Landeros <
> descendingeagle@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Good Evening all,
> > Im currently working with native Pomo's of Clearlake
> region Ca. There are
> > sulphur pitts there on the reservation and adjoining
> property has mercury
> > poisioning all throughout waterways, soils, and animal
> life. It could
> > really
> > use some help, its currently fenced off and zoned
> hazardous. If anyone has
> > any information on remediation techniques that would
> be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Cuauhtemoc Landeros
> > OrganicX Matters
> >
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> > With abundance as its history and future to
> behold......
> > How could they resist such an honorable bliss.....
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