New species of metal-munching plant found in Philippines

RT.com ^ | 12 May 2014

[The Antiyuppie]

“Certain fungus can concentrate radioactive elements by 10,000x. There is fungus growing in the destroyed reactor in Chernobyl.”

This is “good”, and bad. I understand that wild boars in (particularly Eastern) Germany are quite radioactive because they like to eat mushrooms, which unfortunately concentrate the long-lived fallout of Chernobyl. The German government pays a bounty for wild boars; they expect to have to do this for several decades.

[Vince Ferrer]

This is “good”, and bad. I understand that wild boars in (particularly Eastern) Germany are quite radioactive because they like to eat mushrooms, which unfortunately concentrate the long-lived fallout of Chernobyl. The German government pays a bounty for wild boars; they expect to have to do this for several decades.

If you can collect the boars and then process them to secure the radioactive elements, then I'd consider it a "good." It may bee an effective way to bioremediate the area.

[skinkinthegrass]

triffids...or killer plants, from "US Navy vs The Night Creatures"

[Nailbiter]

I have read somewhere that buckwheat is partial to silver deposits

[Patriot365]

Wish they could make it grow .22LR ammo!

[dfwgator]

“Feed me, Seymour”.