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2024-12-15 04:17:25 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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This post insinuates that the black mold eats or consumes radiation. When in reality the black mold uses it as a source of energy similar to Photosynthesis. A leaf doesn’t “feed” off the sun for example. https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/11/02/this-black-fungus-might-be-healing-chernobyl-by-drinking-radiation-a-biologist-explains/
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