Hemp helps Chernobyl
This spring will see hemp being sown in the contaminated soil surrounding Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst-ever nuclear disaster. International hempseed broker, Consolidated Growers and Processors (CGP), have teamed up with the Ukraine’s Institute of Bast Crops and a company called Phytotech, to use hemp to remove radioactive elements and heavy metals from soil and water in the contaminated area.