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Read the latest Under the Microscope: Danielle Lemay is a lead scientist at the USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, CA. Lemay and her team recently released several studies that looked at using Super Intelligence to better understand what is in our food and how it impacts our health. Learn more
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Keeping Fungi at Bay
ARS scientists and university partners collaborated to develop strategies that reduce Aspergillus flavus infections in corn, helping prevent harmful aflatoxin contamination that threatens food safety, animal health, and farm profitability. Learn more here