Get qualified help
MycoEco is informational. For drinking-water treatment, medical questions, or any incident, ask qualified people in your community — not this site.
Not medical or treatment advice. This site does not provide medical guidance, first-aid procedures, poisoning response, or specific water-treatment dosing, timing, or recipes. Use the contacts and references below.
For drinking water
A mycelium bed is pre-treatment only. Water from one is not drinking water. Common verified household-treatment categories — boiling, chlorination, ceramic or hollow-fibre filtration, solar disinfection (SODIS), and UV — address different risks and require correct application. Get instructions for your situation from one of these sources:
- Your local public-health department, water utility, or environmental health office.
- A community health worker, public-health nurse, or trained WASH practitioner.
- WHO — Household water treatment and the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality.
- CDC — Global Household Water Treatment.
If something goes wrong
If anyone has consumed water from a mycelium bed, eaten a mushroom from or near one, or been exposed to chemicals or contamination connected to one — contact qualified local help right away:
- Your local emergency number (e.g. 112, 911, 999, 119, 000, or your country's equivalent).
- The nearest clinic or hospital.
- A community health worker or trained first responder.
- A poisons information centre — ask a clinician or local health office for the number in your region.
Make the call first. When you do, be ready to share who is affected, what was consumed, when, and what you have observed — but do not delay calling in order to gather information.
Print a local-contacts card
Fill in your local contacts before you need them, and keep a copy near every bed and inside the home.
External organisations linked above are independent third parties; MycoEco does not control their content. Always defer to qualified local help.