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		idontwantthis on Nov 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A common fungus eliminates toxic mercury from soil... If it’s concentrated in the fungus instead of dispersed in the soil, that sounds easier to remove, process and store/recycle.

Jolter on Nov 20, 2022 [–]

Have you ever tried to remove a fungus from soil?

I think it would require machinery to dig up the whole field, process the soil and spit it out - which I think is no less expensive than using traditional chemical methods for binding the mercury in stable compounds.

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