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meet 14-year-old sirish subash from
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Georgia now officially America's top
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young scientist for inventing a
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groundbreaking device to detect
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pesticides on produce sirish a curious
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nth grader was inspired by a simple
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question his mom asked every day did you
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wash your fruit he discovered that
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washing isn't always enough about 70% of
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produce has pesticide residues that can
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impact Health his invention called pesty
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scanned uses light reflection and AI to
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detect pesticide residues instantly
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boasting an impressive 85% accuracy with
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his $25,000 prize sirish aims to make
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pesty scanned affordable only around
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$20 his dream to see it on the market
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before he starts college at MIT way to
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go sirish inspiring young minds
