...and even works on my wife's Palm with similiar minor mods.

Python for the Palm? Last time I checked, the only package available was Pippy, a long unsupported port of Python 1.5 to the Palm OS. Is that what you're using?

A cursory google search did not turn up anything more recent.

For 1, Selenium isn't a metal. For 2, it's a necessary part of the diet of all known forms of life (it's a micronutrient). Seeing as you're not an expert on the subject, how about you STFU?

I'll see your STFU and raise you an RTFA (to the original poster), from the Wired article, "He genetically enhanced the plant's ability to convert selenium into a nontoxic form"