Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agoI love Prionshexbear.netimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-down1imageI love Prionshexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareD61 [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours ago contaminated soil, food, or water Fun fact, prions are terribly resistant to heat but ash has the right chemical composition to neutralize prions in the soil.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 hours agoOh! This sounds like another consequence of eliminating the natural fire cycle. We don’t let grasslands or forests burn naturally anymore and so the prions are building up.
Fun fact, prions are terribly resistant to heat but ash has the right chemical composition to neutralize prions in the soil.
Oh!
This sounds like another consequence of eliminating the natural fire cycle. We don’t let grasslands or forests burn naturally anymore and so the prions are building up.