Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues

Re:Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues by mccoyspace on Friday December 15, 2017 @03:41PM (#15934897)

There was a story about this in Motherboard just the other day. Tl,dr— Metals and drugs are a big problem *edit: spelling https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8xnk/turns-out-...

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Re:Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues by fencepost on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:26PM (#15936172)

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Re:Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues by abakker on Friday December 15, 2017 @04:07PM (#15935126)

It is worth noting that not all crops absorb toxic metals in the soil, and some crops/plants sequester certain metals extremely well - (Kale/Thorium, Garlic/Selenium). Possibly we could use certain crops to ameliorate certain metal toxins.

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Re:Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues by haZard_OS on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:27AM (#15938124)

We already do. It's called phytoremediation. Some of us even make a pretty decent living specializing in the field.

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