Heavy Metal-Eating “Superworms” Unearthed in U.K.

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James Owen
for National Geographic News

Newly evolved “superworms” that feast on toxic waste could help cleanse polluted industrial land, a new study says.

These hardcore heavy metal fans, unearthed at disused mining sites in England and Wales, devour lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081007-super-worms.html

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