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Plants can take up nicotine from contaminated soils and from smoke

July 15, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Passive smoking isn’t only something that people have to cope with, but plants too. This is because some plants are actually able to take up nicotine from cigarette smoke, while others that grow in contaminated soil absorb it via the roots as well. This might explain why high concentrations of nicotine are often found in […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: contaminants, soil

New Soil Study Shows Pesticides ‘Destroying the Very Foundations of Web of Life’

May 5, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

A study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science bolsters alarm about the role that agricultural pesticides play in what scientists have dubbed the “bugpocalypse” and led authors to call for stricter regulations across the U.S. Researchers at the University of Maryland as well as the advocacy groups Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Center for […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: Climate, pesticides, soil, worms

Consider An Organic Approach To Your Lawn

March 19, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Many homeowners are getting their lawns ready for the summer by spreading herbicides, fertilizers and other chemicals. There are alternatives, including organic lawn care, that still gives you a lush, green lawn. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) March 15 Soils Matter blog post explains why you might consider an organic approach. “The grass […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: fertilizer, grass, herbicide, lawn, organic, soil

X-rays reveal uptake of nanoparticles by soybean crops

January 26, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Metals contained in nanoparticles can enter into the food chain. Scientists have, for the first time, traced the nanoparticles taken up from the soil by crop plants and analysed the chemical states of their metallic elements. Zinc was shown to dissolve and accumulate throughout the plants, whereas the element cerium did not dissolve into plant […]

Filed Under: GMO's Tagged With: crops, Food, nanoparticles, plant, plants, research, soil, soy, soybean

Is Towpath Trail At Cleveland Ohio Steelyard Commons Radioactive From Manhattan Project?

July 27, 2012 by Captain Organic Planet

In Cleveland, Ohio, there is only one thing standing in the way of completing the Towpath Trail in the Ohio Canal Corridor and that is radioactive soil. The Towpath Trail – a planned 101-mile path following the historic Ohio & Erie Canal from New Philadelphia through the national park and into Cleveland to the lake […]

Filed Under: Cancer, Nuclear Tagged With: Cleveland, Manhatten Project, Ohio, radiation, soil, uranium

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