Hemp Just Might Be the Answer to Contaminated Soil
(sensiseeds.com)
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Adding to your comment and expanding a little. Our answers are in front of us.
Heavy metals and toxic chemicals accumulating in our environment is an ever persisting and serious issue. These toxins end up in our food chain (such as heavy metals, PCBs, and dioxins) and bioaccumulate, which is the “gradual accumulation of a certain chemical into the living tissue of an organism from its environment [and] may result from direct absorption from the environment or from ingestion of food particles” (Institute, 2020). Fungal mycelia can remove these toxins in the soil before they are able to enter our food supply and ultimately us.
https://usfblogs.usfca.edu/sustainability/2022/02/03/mycoremediation-how-fungi-can-repair-our-land/
I can add to that conversation as well. A good friend of mine is in the environmental remediation business. He's currently deploying a waste water treatment plant that have biodigesters that do just that, remove toxic substances from the waste stream. Between that as well as ozone, there are a lot of technologies that are available to remediate. It's cool stuff.
I do like the basic approach on planting hemp. It has some many things that you can do with this.. truly a miracle plant.
I just saw the video of using mushrooms to turn oil soaked straw into wonderful soil. He believes Mycelia can save the planet. Paul Stamets.