Experiment to decontaminate farmland

Experiment to decontaminate farmland

IITATE, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (front, R) and Norio Kanno (front, L), mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, sow sunflower seeds at a field rented from a local farmer in the village on May 28, 2011, as Japan began the same day an experiment to remove radioactive materials from farmland by growing plants and using a mineral, amid radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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