Lab s labour lost

  • 14/07/2002

  • Down To Earth

At the height of the dropsy scare, Lucknow-based Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (itrc) came up with a unique device to check for adulteration in mustard oil. Called the colour-detection strip (cd strip), it was promptly placed in the market at a nominal 50 paise with expectations of a deluge of demand. But hopes came crashing down with the product failing to take off.

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