top | item 15934897 (no title) mccoyspace | 8 years ago There was a story about this in Motherboard just the other day. Tl,dr— Metals and drugs are a big problem *edit: spelling https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8xnk/turns-out-... discuss order hn newest fencepost|8 years ago See also http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2016/0... abakker|8 years ago It is worth noting that not all crops absorb toxic metals in the soil, and some crops/plants sequester certain metals extremely well - (Kale/Thorium, Garlic/Selenium). Possibly we could use certain crops to ameliorate certain metal toxins. haZard_OS|8 years ago We already do. It's called phytoremediation. Some of us even make a pretty decent living specializing in the field.
abakker|8 years ago It is worth noting that not all crops absorb toxic metals in the soil, and some crops/plants sequester certain metals extremely well - (Kale/Thorium, Garlic/Selenium). Possibly we could use certain crops to ameliorate certain metal toxins. haZard_OS|8 years ago We already do. It's called phytoremediation. Some of us even make a pretty decent living specializing in the field.
haZard_OS|8 years ago We already do. It's called phytoremediation. Some of us even make a pretty decent living specializing in the field.
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