[Ngo-lwg] Transgenic Grass that Neutralizes Toxic Pollution from Bombs

[Chuck Searcy]

I'm not sure this will quickly move to the top of anyone's priority list.
CS

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*CHUCK SEARCY*
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Engineers Develop Transgenic Grass that Neutralizes Toxic Pollution from
Bombs, Explosives, and Munitions
<http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=1c5548e2f5&e=9c14d9ad52>
<http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=2e3c7b6bc1&e=9c14d9ad52>
<http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/newsletter/default-ver2a.asp?Pass=AdminCheck&Date=12/1/2016#>

Section: Beyond Crop Biotech
<http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/newsletter/default-ver2a.asp?Pass=AdminCheck&Date=12/1/2016#section3>

Explosives and munitions used in military bases leave behind toxic
compounds, contaminating millions of acres of U.S. military bases with an
estimated cleanup bill ranging between US$16 billion and US$165 billion.

Researchers from University of Washington and University of York have
engineered new transgenic
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grasses
that can neutralize and eradicate RDX, a toxic compound that has been
widely used in explosives since World War II. The engineers introduced two
genes
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from
bacteria that learned to eat RDX and break it down into harmless components
in two perennial grass species: switchgrass (*Panicum virgatum*) and
creeping bentgrass (*Agrostis stolonifera*).

In the first reported demonstration of genetically engineered
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grasses
to remove contamination from the environment, the best-performing strains
removed all the RDX from a simulated soil in which they were grown within
less than two weeks, without retaining any of the toxic chemical in their
leaves or stems.

For more details, read the news release from the University of Washington
website
<http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=84238472de&e=9c14d9ad52>
.

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