Vietnam Summer 2013

Reference: https://www.mofga.org/resources/international/vietnam/ By Cory Whitney When Sir Albert Howard visited the farmers of India in the 1940s and brought back to the United Kingdom ideas about composting and other agricultural…

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Ideonella sakaiensis

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideonella_sakaiensisIdeonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a sole carbon and energy source. The bacterium was originally isolated from a sediment sample taken outside…

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HOW LONG DOES GLYPHOSATE REMAIN IN THE SOIL, WATER, PLANTS AND SEDIMENTS AFTER TREATMENT?

Reference: https://forestinfo.ca/faqs/how-long-does-glyphosate-remain-in-the-soil-water-plants-and-sediments-after-treatment/ Glyphosate is considered non-persistent in plants, soils, water and sediments. This can be attributed largely to a number of microorganisms that break down glyphosate for food, removing it…

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