Toxic pesticides are killing Indian farmers. A new gel may be able to save them

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Toxic pesticides are killing Indian farmers. A new gel may be able to save themA newly developed gel capable of neutralising toxic pesticides is the first real protection that India’s farmers have against toxic chemicals that are indiscriminately sprayed on crops in the near absence of government controls. Last month (October), researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Bengaluru, published in Science Advances the…


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