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Feeding TNT to a flock of sheep

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
February 15, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 10:13
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A. Morrie Craig, a veterinary scientist at Oregon State University, has found that sheep can efficiently clean up explosives-contaminated soil, of which there are 1.3 million tons throughout the U.S.   TNT and other explosives from military munitions training and the remnants of old factories remain in the ground for decades. 

Sheep Help Scientists Clean Up Explosives Residue

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