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    Your article made the minimization of aflatoxins in peanuts sound beneficial until the recommendation to treat the ground beneath the peanut pallets with insecticides. This will induce harm to the soil wildlife on which African farmers and villagers are dependent and to any nearby water sources. It will also add a toxic substance to the […]

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  2. Earth

    Farmers without Fungus: How to store peanuts to reduce toxins

    African peanut farmers can more than halve their exposure to a class of harmful fungal toxins called aflatoxins by adopting several simple measures after harvest.

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  3. Materials Science

    Micropower Heats Up: Propane fuel cell packs a lot of punch

    Portable electronic devices such as laptops and MP3 players could soon run on miniature fuel cells that consume propane.