Sunday, March 20, 2011

A Fungal Remedy: "Mycoremediation" to address Japan's environmental radiation problem...

Paul Stamets knows fungus...
In light of these recent, tragic developments, Stamets has offered his expertise and presented plans to utilize fungus for repairing the environment. Some types of fungus serve to trap the radiation, immobilizing it so that it can be dealt with more safely...

This Ted Talk he gave back when the fungus was found at the Chernobyl site is even more important now that Japan is facing radioactivity in their environment.

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