Kenyan crop contamination outbreak inspires grad student to improve rice storage

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Jul 15, 2024, 5:33 pm206 ptsTrending
While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15% of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins. Seeing this threaten lives in her home country of Kenya prompted a graduate research assistant to focus on eradicating the risk through safer storage methods.

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