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Cleaning Up Metal-Rich Soils

06/16/2005 3:30 PM

A rare Australian plant may provide an environmentally friendly answer to cleaning up metal-rich soils around mine dumps and smelters. In a process known as phytomining, Stackhousia tryonii absorbs nickel up to four per cent of its dry leaf weight.

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Metal Plants

06/16/2005 4:01 PM

It would be even more interesting if you could reclaim the minerals by smelting the plants.

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