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# Can Fungi Solve California's Toxic Soil Problem
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/women-earth/episode/can-fungi-solve-californias-toxic-soil-problem-dimahk/
- Published: 2025-10-13T15:01:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-14T01:00:25.000Z
- Description: Environmental Scientist Danielle Stevenson uses fungi and plants to heal land via mycoremediation.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Women of the Earth, Season 2, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_4982380f-0fd8-4283-b35f-8214f12f416c, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_a265e5b6-6683-4387-b365-4e8cbe8d1adb, #v1.16

Environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson is pioneering an alternative to the costly “dig-and-dump” approach that simply moves contaminated soil elsewhere. At fire sites across California, Danielle is harnessing fungi and native plants through a process called mycoremediation—using nature itself to break down pollutants, pull heavy metals from the ground, and help devastated landscapes heal.