Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Below is an article I've read this morning..
It's on TODAY newspaper..
"MUSHROOMS COULD COME TO THE RESCUE
Fort Bragg (California)- On a warm April evening, 90 people crowded into the cafeteria of Redwood Elementary School here to meet with representatives of the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.
The substance at issue was dioxin, a pollutant that infests the site former lumber mill in this town north of San Francisco. And the method of cleaning being proposed was a novel one - mushrooms.
Mushrooms have been used to clean up oil spills, a process called bioremediation, but they have not been used to treat dioxin.
'I am going to make a heretical suggestion,' said Ms Debra Scott, who has lived in the area for more than two decades. 'We could be the pilot study.'
Fort Bragg, which is in the Mendocino County, was the first in the United States to legalise medical marijuana and to ban genetically modified crops and animals.
Using the mushroom method, Mr Paul E Stamets, author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World, said it is put in plots, strewn with straw and left alone with mushrooms spawn. The spawn releases a fine, web called mycelium that secretes enzymes 'like little Pac-Mans that break down molecular bonds.' And presto: Toxin fall apart.
The proposal is not without critics.
'There still needs to be further testing on whether it works on dioxin,' said Professor Edgardo R Gillera, a scientist for the State Department of Toxic Substances Control. 'There has only been a handful of tests, in labs and field studies. I need to see more studies on a larger scale to consider it a viable option.' "
Awww....thanks Sherline Ho for her tremendous effort in growing her mushrooms..
Hahahha....
:p
Alright, enough of my nonsense
Went to school with ZiQi, Wei wei and Gabriel today
We talked alot..but not Gabriel..
He was busy listening to his music..
Si botak...
ahahha!
Wanted to give them chocolates..
But I was in a rush to leave the house, so forgotten.
Damnnn....
Now rotting...
Waiting for Wei wei to online so that I can send him the PP notes..
And also..waiting for Yuting to online so that I can send her the picture..
So nice of ZiQi..
Another sweetest friend of mine..
She knew I had problems with my shoulder joint last night..
She brought me a ....a....
Damn...I don't know what's that called..
Because it's not 'salonpas'
It look like a cooling patch which is meant for fever..
But it's not..it's for muscle aches and other kinds of aches...
She sticked it on my shoulder..hoping that it will not be as pain as before..
Well, it really got a bit better..
Still painful but not as painful as before..
I can now hear the sound of my bone when I move my arm..
Scary o.o
Was having lunch with ZiQi and Dilah..
Wow..didn't know they click so well..
We talked and laughed damn lots...haaha
Both of them don't think before they talk...hahahah :p
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