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For the last seven years, Kammerer has been working with koji mold, or Aspergillus oryzae, which is widely used in Japanese cuisine to ferment soybeans and make things like soy sauce and miso.

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According to Stacey Leasca with Food & Wine, some of the identified pesticides included "widely used herbicides like 2,4-D and a mix of fungicides, insecticides, and a soil fumigant," as well as "three herbicides — trifluralin, cloransulam-methyl, diflufenzopyr — and one insecticide — thiamethoxam,"which could also have a link to prostate cancer.

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In America, the middle class, not the aristocracy, exemplified the national spirit, though the phrase "middle class" was not widely used until the later 19th century.

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Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in portable electronic devices and electric vehicles, including cellphones, e-bikes, laptops, wireless headphones, scooters, trucks and cars.

However when discussing his success, Burton tells us that he rejects the term "Burtonesque" even though it's widely used in popular culture to describe his oeuvre.

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