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Wonderplants: natural superheroes that turn poison into profit

Cranfield University2021-09-16T10:32:56+01:0003/04/2018|Tags: burton nitta, chemicals, environment, extraction, instruments of the afterlife, mining, phytoremediation, Plants, pollution, research, science, science communication|

I first became interested in using plants to clean contaminated land – phytoremediation - during a research council ‘sandpit’, an event where I met other researchers interested dealing with the massive legacy of resource loss ...

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