Dandelions found in oilsands tailings could help clean them up: U of S researchers

A dandelion growing in the middle of a barren patch of oilsands tailings might unlock one way to help clean them up.
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon have found the dandelion was hosting a fungus that ate the residual chemicals in the tailings.
Further lab experiments have suggested that fungus helps a wide variety of plants sprout better in the tailings, which are leftover sand from oilsands processing.
Researcher Susan Kaminskyj says the fungus is able to penetrate de