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news @ nature.com – Transgenic mustard sucks up selenium

<![CDATA[news @ nature.com – Transgenic mustard sucks up selenium – First field results prove plant can remove soil contaminants.: Genetically modified Indian mustard plants have successfully cleaned up excessive selenium in a California field. This is the first field trial for a pollution-busting transgenic plant, and it proves that the technology can work outside the […]

<![CDATA[news @ nature.com – Transgenic mustard sucks up selenium – First field results prove plant can remove soil contaminants.:

Genetically modified Indian mustard plants have successfully cleaned up excessive selenium in a California field.

This is the first field trial for a pollution-busting transgenic plant, and it proves that the technology can work outside the laboratory, say the researchers who carried out the test. Farmland in certain parts of California is heavily irrigated, and the water dissolves selenium in shale found in the region.

Score one for the biotech industry.]]>