- A $500,000 grant from the California Energy Commission will help study the benefits of carbonic acid versus sulfuric acid.
- The owner of Eco2Mix, Waldo Moraga, says sulfuric acid can be harsh on soils, reducing biodiversity.
- Fresno State researchers will study his hypotheses over the next three years.
When Waldo Moraga watched farmers in Chile season after season apply sulfuric acid to their crops to balance pH, he saw firsthand the effect the chemical can have on farmworkers and the soil.
In that country, he saw not only injuries to farmworkers from the heavy mineral chemical but also the impact it has on the soil.
He saw how overuse reduced biodiversity in soils…