Is Water Hyacinthus Toxic?

1. Is it toxic?

In fact, it is not poisonous.

Eichhornia crassipes, also known as water hyacinth, has very beautiful flowers that are truly eye-catching. And because its root system is very developed, it is often used to purify sewage. But at the same time, because of its alarming reproduction rate, many local waters have become disasters, causing great harm.

2. What are the hazards?

1. Harm to the ecological environment

It reproduces very quickly and can easily spread by floating, quickly covering the water and dimming the light in the water. Therefore, in some natural rivers, it can hinder the growth of other aquatic organisms in the water by combining with other aquatic plants. In addition, its continuous reproduction and decay will consume a large amount of dissolved oxygen in the water, gradually reducing the reproduction space of animals growing in the water, or even causing death. This is equivalent to breaking the biological laws, thereby destroying the stability of the aquatic system.

2. Affecting people’s normal life

When it reproduces in large numbers, it often covers the water, thus seriously hindering water transportation. In addition, it will absorb a large amount of harmful metals. When they die, they will rot and sink to the bottom of the water, causing the water body to be polluted again, destroying the water quality, and in serious cases threatening the quality of people’s daily water use.