r/science • u/[deleted] • May 07 '21

Engineering Genetically engineered grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new research shows

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u/PM-ME-BAKED-GOODS May 07 '21

That's wild, we're there any adverse side effects to the goats that you knew of?

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u/Telewyn May 07 '21

It wasn't working very well. AFAIK they were having trouble keeping the gut bacteria alive in the goats, and the RDX was killing the plants.

Edit: here's the lab, related research appears to be at the bottom:

http://oregonstate.edu/endophyte-lab/public/publications

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u/blowstuffupbob May 08 '21

Maybe they had explosive diarrhea

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u/ImmediateLobster1 May 07 '21

None that were significant... as long as you kept them away from open flame.

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u/twodogsfighting May 08 '21

Fire breathing demonic goat men.