U of Virginia leading the development of hemp for cleaning radioactive soils

Hemp cleans soil, in fact it is the best soil contaminant cleaner, and that includes radioactive waste.  The mostly outlawed plant, once cultivated by George Washington at his Mount Vernon home, can be made into fabric, paper, pasta, and fuel, but now scientists have discovered a more subtle and astonishing use for cannabis sativa: saving …

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