Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Deadly Scorpion Venom Used to Create New, Safer Pesticide

From Treehugger:

scorpion tail pesticide photo

Scorpions are notorious for harnessing a powerful, debilitating venom in their tails. Some species harbor venom potent enough to kill a human being. But other parts of that venom cocktail are only intended for other insects--and only affect other insects. If the strains of venom that do so were to be isolated, that could be a pretty potent insecticide, right? One researcher thought so--so he concocted a brand new, ecologically safe pesticide from the deadly venom found in scorpions.

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