Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England

How mushrooms are helping remove E. coli from rivers in a breakthrough already being tested in England

Science News: For years, cleaning polluted rivers has largely relied on expensive infrastructure, complex treatment systems and lengthy engineering projects. Now, s.

Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England

An awesome study that could help clean up rivers world-wide at negligible cost leveraged fungi as a pollution control filter. The mushrooms in question were the very delicious and very helpful turkey tail, and the pollution in question was sewage: notably E. coli bacteria. The river was in the English county of Devon and the results […] The post Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England appeared first on …

Mushrooms help remove sewage and E. coli from Devon rivers

The turkey tail mushroom has been been shown to remove 80% of dangerous E. coli strain from Devon river in trials by Anglian Water.

Mushrooms could be used in rivers to clear E coli and filter sewage

Ofwat has funded a nationwide trial after tests revealed that leaky dams of fungi can trap and consume dangerous pollutants

How Toxin-Munching Mushrooms Are Restoring Polluted Brownfields

The budding bioremediation technique could cleanse the toxic, scorched soil left behind by LA's deadly wildfires.