Re: fungi used to decompose explosives,metals,cellulose

[Guest guest]

-i know that when decomposed, metals,plastic etc. are nanoparticles

which are known to be toxic, used to make tiny things like I-pods

ect.even medical devices, but where its not contained like in a

field,sewer, ect. wouldn't it just go back into the air?-- In

, " who " <jeaninem660@...> wrote:

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> maybe someone can answer this question

> when fungus is used to decompose explosives from soil, where does it

> go?

> are they released out of the soil by attaching to mold spores? to fly

> around and land somewhere else? what happens with the metels that

fungi

> decomposes? ect. where does it go?

> biotreatment technologiesfor explosives contaminated soils

> <http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/97abstracts/doc16.html>

> biomineralizations of metals

> <http://www.clu-in.org/PRODUCTS/SITE/ongoing/emertech/pintail.htm>

> biomineralalization of heavy metals

> <https://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Bio/People/Crusberg/>

> cellulose degradation

> <http://www.engr.umd.edu/~nsw/ench485/lab4.htm>

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[Guest guest]

Jeanine,

These are good questions that inquiring minds should be asking.

" Decompose " doesn't mean the explosive (or whatever) is physically

broken into smaller particles of the same stuff, like rocks into

smaller rocks and eventually into tiny dust particles of the original

rock. It means it is chemically " broken " into the different

components of which it is made and is no longer " rock. " Large

molecules of explosives, for example, will be broken into smaller

molecules that are no longer the same substance. Some of the interim

molecules may be harmless, some beneficial and some dangerous. Those

smaller molecules can be further decomposed into basic molecules like

water and carbon dioxide and metals or whatever the original

explosive is made of. Sometimes even those can be further decomposed

into elements (think Periodic Chart), which cannot be broken down or

decomposed any more. As for the fungi used in the decomposing

process, remember that not all of the 1,000,000+ fungi are harmful,

even to highly sensitized individuals.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> maybe someone can answer this question

> when fungus is used to decompose explosives from soil, where does it

> go? are they released out of the soil by attaching to mold spores? to

> fly around and land somewhere else? what happens with the metels that

> fungi decomposes? ect. where does it go? biotreatment technologiesfor

> explosives contaminated soils

> <http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/97abstracts/doc16.html>

> biomineralizations of metals

> <http://www.clu-in.org/PRODUCTS/SITE/ongoing/emertech/pintail.htm>

> biomineralalization of heavy metals

> <https://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Bio/People/Crusberg/> cellulose

> degradation <http://www.engr.umd.edu/~nsw/ench485/lab4.htm>

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