Kisan kavach

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About Kisan kavach:

It is a first-of-its-kind anti-pesticide bodysuit designed to protect farmers from the harmful effects of pesticide exposure.
The suit is intended to protect farm labourers from imbibing the pesticides they spray. Several of the common pesticides are potential neurotoxins and detrimental to health.
It is developed by the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC-inStem), Bangalore, in collaboration with Sepio Health Pvt. Ltd.
Features
- The kit consists of a trouser, pullover, and a face-cover made of ‘oxime fabric’ that can chemically breakdown any of the common pesticides that get sprayed onto cloth or body during spraying operations.
- This prevents chemicals from leaching into the skin. The price per kit is ₹4,000.
- Working: This Kisan Kavach fabric can deactivate pesticides upon contact through nucleophilic mediated hydrolysis, thereby preventing pesticide-induced toxicity and lethality.
- The kit retained its potency in a wide temperature range, under UV-light exposure and was protective even after a 150 washes

Q1: What is Hydrolysis?

It is a chemical reaction in which a chemical compound is broken down by reaction with water.

News: Scientists develop ‘kisan kavach’ to shield farmers from pesticide sprays

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