Education | February 20, 2011 | 2 comments

Plants In Nuked Soil: Less Talking, More Growing

source: http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants-in-nuked-soil-less-talking-more-growing.html

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Plants seem to tolerate the high radiation levels found in the soil near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Both soybeans and flax showed changes in their proteins, but not enough to stop them from thriving in the soil contaminated by the 1986 disaster.

link :http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants-in-nuked-soil-less-talking-more-growing.html
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2 comments // Plants In Nuked Soil: Less Talking, More Growing

  • coolplanet
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      coolplanet  

    • James Lovelock of Gaia Theory has been talking about this for years.
      The Savanna river in Georgia, where radioactive waste was buried in the 40s & 50s, teams with life apparently unaffected by the radiation. No five-legged frogs or two headed salamanders to speak of.
      I am yet to be convinced that nuclear radiation is as harmless as Lovelock argues but as an amateur scientist I am willing to keep an open mind until fully convinced otherwise.

    • 1 year ago
  • LivingPong
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