[CPEO-MEF] RDX Phytoremediation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land

Scientists at the University of York have played a crucial role in 
developing a way of using plants to clean up land contaminated by 
explosives.

Physorg.com
January 23, 2006

The research, by a team led by Professor Neil Bruce in CNAP (Centre for 
Novel Agricultural Products) in the University's Department of Biology, 
uses micro-organisms found in soil to turn trees and plants into 
highly-effective pollution-busters. The research findings are published 
in Nature Biotechnology.

Decades of military activity have resulted in pollution of land and 
groundwater by explosives resistant to biological degradation. Large 
tracts of land used for military training, particularly in the USA, are 
contaminated by RDX, one of the most widely-used explosives, which is 
both highly toxic and carcinogenic.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.physorg.com/news10122.html

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