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Uranium Eating Bacteria Help Cold War Cleanup

Posted by timothy on from the until-they-awaken-and-attack-us dept.

Shipud writes "Scientists from UMA have used metal-metablozing bacteria, Geobacter, to "eat" uranium. The uranium is converted from a soluble form to an insoluble one, thus preventing water contamination. Cold-war era uranium processing has left many contaminated sites in the US, and worldwide. Details are here."

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  1. Re:Radioactivity vs. Toxicity by Radical+Rad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Depleted uranium is probably just as toxic as lead. But we have seen that even someone who chewed on too many paint chips as a kid can grow up to be president.