2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 14 Aug 2007 05:49:49 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] TNT-degrading tobacco plants
 

	
Explosive Discovery On Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plant

Source: American Chemical Society
Science Daily
August 13, 2007

Tobacco may be bad for human health, but a new study reports that a genetically engineered tobacco plant may be very good for the environment. It shows promise for cleaning up soil contaminated with TNT, a widely used military explosive.

Neil C. Bruce and colleagues noted that TNT contamination is a major environmental problem at many World War II sites, military training areas, and explosive manufacturing sites. In addition to being explosive, TNT is toxic and a human health threat. Researchers knew that certain soil bacteria could metabolize and change trinitrotoluene (TNT) into nontoxic compounds. But those natural bacteria exist at levels too low to detoxify TNT.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070813103354.htm

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