Sunflowers heal soil across nuclear-hit Fukushima
15th July 2011
Nature is more resilient than people give it credit for.
The yellow flowers have been planted by farmers, volunteers and officials across swathes of Fukushima prefecture in order to help the soil absorb radiation leaked from the region’s damaged nuclear power plant.
The Fukushiam sunflower projects follow the lead of Chernobyl, where a large quantity of the flowers were also planted widely in the aftermath of 1986 nuclear accident.