[GreenYes] Fwd: Benefits of Mushrooms for treating wastes

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

>From: "lyndataylor" <lyndataylor@cybermesa.com>
>Subject: Benefits of Mushrooms/zeri is working with this guy
>Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:04:20 -0700
>
>Thought you would all be interested in the article about how mushrooms are 
>being used in bioremediation of contaminated soils, medicinal purposes, 
>and high protein organic food among the few overlooked but incredible 
>benefits of mushrooms.
>
>The buy the article Paul Stamets, fromFungiPerfecti, is written into our
>forestry (small diameter trees) proposal and I know there is interrest 
>among some state and federal agencies in this so-called "mycoremediation" 
>of soils especially at laboratories like los alamos and sandia (studies 
>have been done at Batelle National labs showing mycellium of mushroom can 
>decontaminate soils contaminated with such things at DDT, serin, and PAH's 
>(polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) up to 100% within months!  This is 
>incredible.  ANd then you can eat them and they are such a great source of 
>organic protein.
>
>Several other ZERI systems utilize mushrooms to break down
>crop and wastewater sludge wastes to grow great mushrooms (its true) and 
>generate a nice rich compost when it "through" digesting the waste.
>
>Lynda
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wendy" <wendy@communityevolution.net>
>To: <lyndataylor@cybermesa.com>
>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:30 AM
> >
> > "How mushrooms will save the world"
> > http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/25/mushrooms
> > Cleaning up toxic spills, stopping poison-gas attacks
> > and curing deadly diseases: Fungus king Paul Stamets
> > says there's no limit to what his spores can do.
> > By Linda Baker
> >
> > Community Evolution LLC
> > Wendy Strebe
> > 1015 Third Street
> > Las Vegas, NM  87701
> > phone/fax:  505.454.5559
> > cell:  505.429.1135
> > wendy@communityevolution.net
> > www.communityevolution.net

Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485

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