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Why are sunflowers planted in nuclear affected areas?.

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Step-by-step explanation:

sunflowers were planted across the affected landscapes to help absorb toxic metals and radiation from the soil.

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Sunflowers can take up high concentration of radioactive isotopes and sequester them in stems and leaves hence, they have been employed to clean up contaminated sites following nuclear disasters.

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