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Bleeding white

Bleeding white after plundering biodiversity hotspots of the South, the ambitious biotech industry is now eyeing Antarctica. As per a report of the Tokyo-based United Nations University, the continent's microbes, with their unique biological properties, have already become targets of "free-for-all' exploitation.

While tourism and mining are banned or regulated on the continent, there are no specific rules to check

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