Cool use of Genetically Modified Organisms ...

From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 15:45:33 PST

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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:45:33 -0800
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Cool use of Genetically Modified Organisms ...

>
>Found at http://www.core77.com/materials_processes via
>http://www.dynamist.com/weblog
>
> Genetically Engineered Plants Detect Land Mines
>
> File this under "Friggin' Brilliant"...
>
> A Danish company, Aresa Biodetection, has developed
> genetically-modified flowers that change color when their roots come in
> contact with nitrogen dioxide in the soil. Explosives used in mines
> produce NO2 as the chemicals gradually decay.
>
> The company plans to sow fields of NO2-sniffing Arabidopsis thaliana
> (Thale or mouse cress) in areas riddled with long-forgotten ordinance
> from Angola to Cambodia.
>
> The effort's life- and limb-saving potential is staggering: More than
> 100 million land mines kill or injure 26,000 people in 45 countries
> each year. Today's most popular detection method is poking around with
> a stick.
>
>Bob
>

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