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Title: Cannabis Cleans Up Nuclear Radiation and Toxic Chemical Waste
Post by: Marlin on May 07, 2018, 10:06
Phytoremediation is used at a number of DOE sites but I have not heard about any use of hemp yet.

Cannabis Cleans Up Nuclear Radiation and Toxic Chemical Waste


http://realfarmacy.com/cannabis-nuclear-radiation/
Title: Re: Cannabis Cleans Up Nuclear Radiation and Toxic Chemical Waste
Post by: SloGlo on May 07, 2018, 01:55
mite bee gist an expensive weigh to remove n ship the contaminated four burial...

"All parts of hemp plants contain heavy metals and this is why their use as a commercially utilisable plant material is limited. "

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669002000055 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669002000055)
Title: Re: Cannabis Cleans Up Nuclear Radiation and Toxic Chemical Waste
Post by: atomicarcheologist on May 08, 2018, 08:03
This article can be considered part of the pro cannabis campaign. Many other species have been used successfully and have a lesser chance of contaminating humans in the final phases of each growth cycle.

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-11/using-plants-to-clean-contaminated-soil/ (http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-11/using-plants-to-clean-contaminated-soil/)

http://magicalchildhood.com/life/2017/07/17/seven-plants-weeds-and-flowers-that-naturally-remove-lead-from-your-property/ (http://magicalchildhood.com/life/2017/07/17/seven-plants-weeds-and-flowers-that-naturally-remove-lead-from-your-property/)


A link for those interested in the hows and whys of remediation via plants planting.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535213002712 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535213002712)