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Mich. State: Some Plants Make Their Own Pesticide - But at What Cost to the Atmosphere?
June 14, 2025
EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 14 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news:

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Some plants make their own pesticide -- but at what cost to the atmosphere?

By Bethany Mauger

A natural alternative to pesticides may be hiding in a misunderstood plant compound -- but it could come at an environmental cost.

For years, scientists knew little about isoprene, a natural chemical produced by plants. New Michigan State . . .

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