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I wish I had more to point at rn but, hemp crops can help pull toxins from soil. Other crops too , can help with a "brown zone" but hemp (and it's cousin) get m

I wish I had more to point at rn but, hemp crops can help pull toxins from soil. Other crops too , can help with a "brown zone" but hemp (and it's cousin) get more press.

simulate-me 5y ago
What do you do with the hemp once it has absorbed the toxins?
- mschuster91 5y ago
  Dump it either on a toxic waste landfill or at a high temperature incineration site [1]. [1] https://www.novus-environmental.co.uk/blog/why-is-hazardous-waste-incinerated/ https://www.novus-environmental.co.uk/blog/why-is-hazardous-...
- d4mi3n 5y ago
  It depends. Some plants will break certain elements down into less toxic components. In the best case, the components are non-toxic and you can do whatever you want with it.
  - refurb 5y ago
    Nothing can breakdown lead and other toxic metals unless you have a neutron source.
    - mellavora 5y ago
      I usually turn my old lead into gold. I've almost perfected the technique.
- muchtest 5y ago
  Blaze it
  - openthc 5y ago
    No! a) these aren't the THC types so you won't get high and b) the hemp is a collector, so the nasty stuff would be in the tree. This material is for industrial hemp, making rope and fabric and things.
- newsclues 5y ago
  Use cannabis plans to extract the pollution from the soil, then extract and concentrate the pollution from the biomass, then find a way to safely store it or break it down safely.
throwawayboise 5y ago
Even if true, that would only clean the top few inches of soil (whatever depth the roots go), right? Normal toxic site cleanups that I have read about usually involve at minimum replacing topsoil to a depth of several feet.
- pettusftw 5y ago
  Not to challenge your perspective because I agree to some degree, but hemp roots grow >=3,<=6 feet down due to the tap root.
xyzwave 5y ago
Fungi also do this. https://usfblogs.usfca.edu/sustainability/2022/02/03/mycoremediation-how-fungi-can-repair-our-land/ https://usfblogs.usfca.edu/sustainability/2022/02/03/mycorem...

I wish I had more to point at rn but, hemp crops can help pull toxins from soil. Other crops too , can help with a "brown zone" but hemp (and it's cousin) get more press.

simulate-me 5y ago

What do you do with the hemp once it has absorbed the toxins?

mschuster91 5y ago
Dump it either on a toxic waste landfill or at a high temperature incineration site [1]. [1] https://www.novus-environmental.co.uk/blog/why-is-hazardous-waste-incinerated/ https://www.novus-environmental.co.uk/blog/why-is-hazardous-...
d4mi3n 5y ago
It depends. Some plants will break certain elements down into less toxic components. In the best case, the components are non-toxic and you can do whatever you want with it.
- refurb 5y ago
  Nothing can breakdown lead and other toxic metals unless you have a neutron source.
  - mellavora 5y ago
    I usually turn my old lead into gold. I've almost perfected the technique.
muchtest 5y ago
Blaze it
- openthc 5y ago
  No! a) these aren't the THC types so you won't get high and b) the hemp is a collector, so the nasty stuff would be in the tree. This material is for industrial hemp, making rope and fabric and things.
newsclues 5y ago
Use cannabis plans to extract the pollution from the soil, then extract and concentrate the pollution from the biomass, then find a way to safely store it or break it down safely.

throwawayboise 5y ago

Even if true, that would only clean the top few inches of soil (whatever depth the roots go), right? Normal toxic site cleanups that I have read about usually involve at minimum replacing topsoil to a depth of several feet.

pettusftw 5y ago
Not to challenge your perspective because I agree to some degree, but hemp roots grow >=3,<=6 feet down due to the tap root.

xyzwave 5y ago

Fungi also do this. https://usfblogs.usfca.edu/sustainability/2022/02/03/mycoremediation-how-fungi-can-repair-our-land/ https://usfblogs.usfca.edu/sustainability/2022/02/03/mycorem...