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, 2007Tobacco 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. ... For the entire article, see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070813103354.htm -- Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military | |
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