Plants sucking up harmful arsenic from the soil
The plant Arabidopsis has been genetically modified to suck up the poisonous metal Aresenic from the soil and transport it to the leaves, which could be dried and stored. This, according to me, is a very good example where BioHacking is actually doing something good for the community and the environment.
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