[ RadSafe ] " Study Uncovers Bacteria's Worst Enemy "

[Fred Dawson]

Bioremediation includes phytoremediation the links below gives some information about how it works

http://www.mobot.org/jwcross/phytoremediation/

http://www.aehs.com/journals/phytoremediation/

Fred Dawson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jjcohen" <jjcohen at prodigy.net>
To: "Jaro" <jaro-10kbq at sympatico.ca>; "multiple cdn" <cdn-nucl-l at mailman1.cis.mcmaster.ca>; "RADSAFE" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] " Study Uncovers Bacteria's Worst Enemy "


>    I'm afraid I don't understand how bioremediation of radioactive
> contamination works.
> Certainly the bacteria don't transmute radinuclides to a less toxic form via
> some nuclear
> reaction. Do the bacteria selectively absorb radioactivity? If so, do the
> bacteria somehow
> transport the radioactivity to a less sensitive area? Otherwise, what the
> advantage of
> having bacterially absorbed radioactivity just sitting there. Does it
> somehow become
> less radiotoxic?
>   Could it possibly be that bioremediation is just another government
> sponsored
> program to address the problem regardless of whether or not it might be
> effective?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jaro <jaro-10kbq at sympatico.ca>
> To: multiple cdn <cdn-nucl-l at mailman1.cis.mcmaster.ca>; RADSAFE
> <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:58 PM
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] " Study Uncovers Bacteria's Worst Enemy "
> 
> 
>> " the bacteria's worst enemy in a nuclear waste site may not be the
>> radioactive elements, but rather, the other toxic metals that might also
> be
>> found at the site.....common toxic metals, such as cadmium, nickel, and
>> chromium, are more likely to cause problems for the bacteria. "
> 
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