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Pepper-based repellent fights pests in new tech study
In Socorro New Mexico researchers use ripe habanero pepper to create a pest repellent mixed into caulks paints glues and rubber coatings. Tests show roadrunners avoid treated posts and rats avoid cables while mussel targets in Lake Michigan harbor are being tested underwater. The Coast Guard weighs results as EPA testing continues.
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New Mexico Tech Research Foundation
Socorro
Chris Bees
Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Darwin van de Graaff
MEDD4
Santa Fe
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Ohio
Aquatic Research Institute
East Chicago
Ind
Lake Michigan
U.S. Coast Guard
Jim Gentile
Aquatic Testing Institute
Gentile