Why can plants that extract heavy metals store them without harm?

Subject: Why can plants that extract heavy metals store them without harm?

Date: Mon May 26 08:58:29 2003
Posted by No name entered.
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Kantonsschule Wettingen
City: Wettingen State/Province: AG Country: Switzerland
Area of science: Botany
ID: 1053957509.Bt

Message:


On a field trip we learned that scientist from the university of Zurich Institute 
of Plant Biology try to create transgenetic plants that can extract heavy metals 
from contaminated soil and store it.

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