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Posted Tue Jul 8 2008: from Rutgers University via ScienceDaily: Could Pond Scum Undo Pollution, Fight Global Warming And Alleviate World Hunger? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1215547880 "Three plant biologists at Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology are obsessed with duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant with an unassuming name. Now they have convinced the federal government to focus its attention on duckweed's tremendous potential for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming and feeding the world." [Read more stories about: bioremediation] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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