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That's more a soil contamination problem than a rice problem.
by ryanmercer 7y ago
That's more a soil contamination problem than a rice problem.
- coryrc 7y agoRice does absorb much more arsenic from the environment than other crops, so maybe it could be engineered to do that less. In the meantime, we should have stricter standards on arsenic content.
- ryanmercer 7y agoI imagine engineering it to absorb less of a given substance would almost certainly cause it to absorb less of things it needs as well. Besides, if editing plants were that easy, we'd have C4 rice already.
- selimthegrim 7y agoI don't know if C4 rice would help with this but there's another carbon related rice problem on the horizon https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/agriculture-department-climate-change-1376413 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/agriculture-depart...