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Aresa Biodetection
Vegetarian Times, July-August, 2004
* Aresa Biodetection, a Danish firm, for developing a flower that changes from green to red when its roots detect even trace amounts of the chemical nitrogen dioxide, which is used in explosives. The genetically modified plant of the thale cress variety will be able to detect land mines--more than 100 million of which remain unexploded in 45 countries--when sowed over infested areas.
The plant-based detection system is "a pioneering example of how we will see genetically engineered plants applied for humanitarian or environmental purposes," says John Mundy of the University of Copenhagen's department of plant physiology.
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