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Soybean plant adapts itself to Chernobyl [1]

The plants in the contaminated area have a mechanism to protect future progenies by blocking transfer of radio-nuclides to the seeds

Since April 1986, scientists got a unique opportunity to study the impact of radioactive contamination on the plants and animals living near Chernobyl.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2009
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Radiation [3], Radioactive Waste [4], Nuclear Power Plants [5], Chernobyl Disaster [6]
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