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Using glowing bacteria to find landmines may sound crazy, but a new study from Hebrew University in Israel points to evidence that it may help find buried explosives.
Hebrew University has been working with the E. coli bacterium for over a decade in order to see if they can detect fallen armaments and landmines from past conflicts, according to a report from The New York Times.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines says that more than 5,550 people were killed or injured due to landmines in 2019. Of that number, 80% were civilians. Explosives, such as anti-personnel landmines, number in the hundreds of millions, according to the ICBL.