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

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From: Rilla Chaney (rillac@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 17:07:50 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 17:07:50 -0800

On Dec 7, 2004, at 4:45 PM, Rilla Chaney wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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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