Sentences with phrase «radioactive pollution»

This result is surprising because many types of fungi, including truffles, grow underground in — and draw nutrients from — soil prone to accumulating radioactive pollution.

It has severely damaged the nuclear power plant, causing widespread power failure and radioactive pollution of people, land, sea and the wider ecosystems.

Choosing a good omega - 3 source can be a challenge because many sources are either high in mercury or contain radioactive pollution.

No one knows exactly how much radioactive pollution has entered the ocean, but most experts say it should be rapidly diluted once it spreads out into the Pacific and fish caught outside the immediate area would pose little health concern.

Following up on the themes in Paul Stamets» TED presentation on how mushrooms can save the world, and his claims that mushrooms could help clean up radioactive pollution from Japan's nuclear crisis, the folks at Mushroom Mountain are also involved in research into mycological remediation and even mushroom - based pesticides.

Since numerous types of fungi, like truffles, are prone to accumulating radioactive pollution, the group of Swiss and German researchers took to the forests and fields to determine the fate of the beloved Burgundy truffle.

And they listed a set of what they call «no trespass zones», from which refugees would be excluded either legally, or by violence, or by the risk of landmines or radioactive pollution.