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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
February 3, 2017

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Making Spinach with Low Oxalate Levels

ARS scientists have identified 8 spinach varieties that have low oxalate levels--a naturally occurring plant chemical which in the human diet has been linked to kidney stone formation. (1/30)

https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2017/making-spinach-with-low-oxalate-levels/

 

ARS Leads New Lyme Disease Control Efforts in Howard County, Md.

ARS scientists are working with the Howard County (Md.) Department of Recreation & Parks and the University of Maryland to study new ways to control deer ticks. (1/31)

https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2017/ars-leads-new-lyme-disease-control-efforts-in-howard-county-md/

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