Re: pinhole Cool use of Genetically Modified Organisms ...

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From: Rilla Chaney (rillac@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 16:45:41 PST 

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From: Rilla Chaney <rillac@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Cool use of Genetically Modified Organisms ...
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:45:41 -0800

Thanks Paul. I mentioned this to a friend who immediately sent it off
to Laos where a project is being stopped by land mines.

Rilla

On Dec 1, 2004, at 3:45 PM, Paul Doherty wrote:

>
>>
>> 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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