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by claire | Feb 16, 2019 | 0 comments

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Trees as water filters. Every chemical we create Trees as water filters. 
Every chemical we create in the pharmaceutical industry ends up in the water. From spitting toothpaste down the sink, to the micro-plastics now found absolutely everywhere, to peeing out hormones from contraceptives. Everything eventually ends up in our drinking water. Even the most modern water treatment facilities can’t handle removing the really toxic chemicals such as PCB’s, fluoride compounds and the sex hormones, so these continue to build up in the water. It can’t be good for any human or other species to drink small levels of chemicals and medications every day.

Our tree family have the unique ability to pull water in through their leaves and up through their roots to release it as oxygen and water vapour, in a process called the water cycle. But the magic happens in between. They process and filter out all those nasty chemicals, including the sex hormones. Then the magical microorganisms and bacteria that work in partnership with the trees break the harmful chemicals down into their constituent elements. These can once again be released and recycled causing no more harm. This environmentally sound system for pollution prevention and control is known as phytoremediation.

We need to protect every single tree we have already and plant or allow nature to grow trillions more native trees, in order to survive the chemical warfare we have inflicted upon the earth, upon ourselves.
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Not all trees are equal. Here, a monoculture crop Not all trees are equal. Here, a monoculture crop of spruce meets a self willed native Irish woodland that supports so many beleaguered wild creatures, rooted and unrooted. 
Under the spruce is a silent dark graveyard.
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