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Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil |
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27 Oct 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil Pumpkins are not only good for jack-o'-lanterns, pie, and carrying Cinderella home -- they are also extremely effective at drawing persistent organic pollutants like the toxic pesticide DDT out of soil, according to a new study by Canadian researchers. They tested rye grass, tall fescue, alfalfa, zucchini, and pumpkins, but the oddl ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, holiday, toxics (all these topics) |
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