Hyperaccumulators are able to grow in contaminated soil and remove large amounts of toxic metals from the enviroment. The plants themself can later even be used to extract said toxic metals like quicksilver or lead.

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

TIL quicksilver is another term for mercury

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  • [–] [S] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Tbh i just like quicksilver more because it is phonetically near the german word for it Quecksilber. I am aware that quicksilver is archaic but i kinda just dont care

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm just surprised I'd never heard it before. In the same vein, I prefer to use natrium over sodium.

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