"Sunflowers May Heal Fukushima’s Radioactive Soil" by Nancy Roberts on Care2 Make a Difference, July 10, 2011
Activists are asking people to plant and grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... Once the plants have grown and if it is confirmed that they have absorbed significant quantities of cesium, scientists will employ bacteria to decompose the plants, and the result will be treated as radioactive waste.