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Yes, it's called 'biomining' and there have been several startups working to engineer organisms to do this. eg Universal Biomining working on copper (with bacte
by technotony 6y ago
Yes, it's called 'biomining' and there have been several startups working to engineer organisms to do this. eg Universal Biomining working on copper (with bacteria) and a team at University of Washington who took an enzyme from rat's livers and put it in a plant to remove VOC's from the air (successfully!)!
- Zenst 6y agoYes, rice growing is good for drawing out arsenic from the soil. Actually measuring what tree's have drawn up from the ground has been used by those looking for gold to access an area - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213033-a-company-has-used-trees-to-find-gold-deep-underground-in-australia/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213033-a-company-has-u...