Looking for a more humane option
A Canterbury professor says he has potentially found a better, more humane, option than 1080. Scientist Rudi Marquez-Mazlin discovered a compound that sterilises pests by inducing the early onset of menopause. He tells Jesse how he found the active ingredient by chance when he was involved in cancer research.
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Looking for a more humane option
environment animals 22 minutes ago A Canterbury professor says he has potentially found a better, more humane, option than 1080. Scientist Rudi Marquez-Mazlin discovered a compound that sterilises pests by inducing the early onset of menopause. He tells Jesse how he found the active ingredient by chance when he was involved in cancer research.
