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Some pesticides grew out of chemical-warfare research
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The spray you casually use to protect your backyard tomatoes shares an uncomfortably dark family tree. Many early synthetic agricultural bug killers, specifically organophosphates, were heavily researched during wartime efforts to create vicious nerve agents for combat. It turns out the exact same compounds that ruin human nervous systems are incredibly effective at scrambling a beetle's brain.
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