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The British nuclear industry is conducting experiments to determine whether plants' ability to absorb nutrients from the soil could also help them to absorb radioactivity from the soil. Dwarf sunflowers, spinach, sugar beet and Indian mustard are being grown on contaminated soil. If this experiment goes as planned, plants could be used in the future to help to decontaminate radioactively contaminated soil.
15 AUGUST 1998, P. 21
New Scientist
15 AUGUST 1998, P. 21

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