BYU ScholarsArchive

Title

Sunflower Seedlings Fail to Remove Uranium in the Navajo Nation

Authors

Zak Webber, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Ben Abbott, Brigham Young University - Provo

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Keywords

sunflowers, community science, bioremediation, rhizofiltration, soil effects

Abstract

Mining and the natural geology in the Navajo Nation has led to widespread pollution of uranium contaminating the livestock and drinking water of many Navajo. Uranium has been shown to have adverse health effects and be connected withhypertension, renal failure, and cancer.

Recent studies suggested that the common sunflower, helianthus annus, has the ability to remove uranium in a hydroponic (water only) environment. This led us to believe that sunflowers may be effective to remove uranium from the water in soil conditions in the Navajo Nation.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Webber, Zak and Abbott, Ben, "Sunflower Seedlings Fail to Remove Uranium in the Navajo Nation" (2020). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2020. 5.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2020/5

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2020-04-01

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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