The Danish biotechnology firm, Aresa Biodetection has recently come up with a startling solution to an age old problem: how to remove the land mines, whose locations are not mapped, that have been left over from war time? Much fertile land that could be used as farmland is being left untouched for fear of the land mines that had been placed in that area, because after all, you can never know if they're still there, or where exactly they are. Until now, the only was to get rid of land mines left over from war time was to use groups of sniffer dogs and metal detectors, a dangerous, costly and time consuming way of going about things. Now Aresa might have the answer to this problem, a plant that detects land mines! It's a member of the watercress family and has specially been genetically engineered so that when it's roots come in contact with the nitrogen dioxide that land mines give off, the plant turns red. It also can only grow and reproduce when a certain fertilizer is sprayed on it, so that it won't over populate an area or mingle with the native species. I believe this creation with the use of genetic engineering will save many peoples, and dogs, lives and nations alot of money.
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