18 Reasons Why Pyrophyllite Clay (Sacred Clay) Serves as an Excellent Foundation for an Environmental Remediation Solution
1. Pyrophyllite Clay (or Sacred Clay) is a dispersing clay – it falls apart easily in water and disperses into all levels of a liquid solution.
- A fast moving body of water will carry its natural colloidal suspension downstream for many miles to the benefit of the environment and marine life.
2. Pyrophyllite Clay has an extremely small particle size, far less than a micron, which results in an extremely large surface area (literally millions of times greater) available for bonding with both large and small molecules of any toxin.
3. Pyrophyllite Clay outperforms:
- a clumping clay like a sodium bentonite,
- a zeolite (whose pore size limits its ability to adsorb molecules larger than 10 Angstroms),
- and other clays with typical larger molecule sizes (generally 1 micron or more).
4. Pyrophyllite Clay helps to reduce (chelate) heavy metals in the environment through its natural mineral bonding capability.
- Heavy Metals are those with available electrons for bonding, yet require complementary minerals to close the circuit and become neutralized.
5. Pyrophyllite Clay contains an abundance of electrolytes and carries a negative electrical charge (which readily attracts positively charged toxins to itself).
6. Pyrophyllite Clay’s high electrolyte content is responsible for its natural ability to oxygenate water and reduce the water’s surface tension (thereby improving water quality).
7. Pyrophyllite Clay helps to condition an environment for improved microbial life: bacteria, fungi and archaea.
8. Pyrophyllite Clay is currently used to enhance mushroom mycelia development, improve soil biology, and improve the health of animals who consume it.
9. Pyrophyllite Clay contains an abundance of amorphous silica known to assist in the remediation of chemical nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers (now causing many of our existing dead zones).
- Pyrophyllite Clay helps to remediate chemical runoff from farms and industry into our lakes and streams.
- Pyrophyllite Clay assists in the reduction of excessive algae growth caused by these chemical fertilizers by depriving the algae of its food source.
- Pyrophyllite Clay makes an excellent food source for marine life, animals and birds, improving their health while detoxifying the pollutants they may have consumed.
- Pyrophyllite clay improves biological activity in septic systems, eliminating smelly septic conditions and reducing the need to pump out undigested sediment.
- Pyrophyllite Clay improves the breakdown of city sewage waste treatment material, reversing anaerobic conditions and reducing odors.
- Pyrophylite Clay helps speed the breakdown of landfill material and reduces landfill odors for all the reasons stated above.
- Pyrophyllite Clay reduces smells and anaerobic conditions associated with cattle and pig lot waste.
- Pyrophyllite Clay replenishes the minerals in our depleted soils thereby enhancing crop production.
- Pyrophyllite Clay can play a major role in increasing global food production.
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