The use of sphagnum as wound dressings is very interesting, and extensively used in WWI due to it’s anti-sceptic properties and shortage of cotton.
kiss-tits
Wisconsin: the spagnum state. Great find! Thanks for sharing
EssentialOilsFor7
TIL! 🤓
Pencil-Sketches
Great post! This is really interesting
Betterwithhoney
Well this is cool! Thanks for sharing! 🤓
11lumpsofsugar
In case anyone is wondering how it could claim that sphagnum Moss is sterile, I found this:
“For wounded humans, the result is that sphagnum bandages produce sterile environments by keeping the pH level around the wound low, and inhibiting the growth of bacteria.” So fascinating!
Peatland mining emits about [1.9 Pg CO2-equivalent per year](https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20436), which is about 5% of all anthropogenic GHG emissions. It releases carbon stored for hundreds and even thousands of years. Makes you think…
Just to put things in perspective, it is about the same global GHG emissions as air travel !!
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The use of sphagnum as wound dressings is very interesting, and extensively used in WWI due to it’s anti-sceptic properties and shortage of cotton.
Wisconsin: the spagnum state. Great find! Thanks for sharing
TIL! 🤓
Great post! This is really interesting
Well this is cool! Thanks for sharing! 🤓
In case anyone is wondering how it could claim that sphagnum Moss is sterile, I found this:
“For wounded humans, the result is that sphagnum bandages produce sterile environments by keeping the pH level around the wound low, and inhibiting the growth of bacteria.” So fascinating!
[source](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-humble-moss-helped-heal-wounds-thousands-WWI-180963081/)
This sconnie had no idea-thanks!
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Peatland mining emits about [1.9 Pg CO2-equivalent per year](https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20436), which is about 5% of all anthropogenic GHG emissions. It releases carbon stored for hundreds and even thousands of years. Makes you think…
Just to put things in perspective, it is about the same global GHG emissions as air travel !!
interesting factoid