New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday unveiled a special bodysuit designed to protect farmers from the harmful effects of exposure to pesticides.

The bodysuit, called Kisan Kavach, is manufactured using a cotton fabric with a covalent attachment of a nucleophile that offers protection against pesticide-induced toxicity, suffered after manual spraying operations on the farm, which often leads to severe health complications among farmers.

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Developed by BRIC-inStem, Bengaluru, in collaboration with Sepio Health Pvt Ltd, the bodysuit is priced at Rs 4,000 and can be washed and re-used at least 150 times.

"The washable and reusable suit can last up to a year and employs advanced fabric technology to deactivate harmful pesticides upon contact, ensuring farmer safety like never before," Singh said.

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This Kisan Kavach fabric can deactivate pesticides upon contact through nucleophilic mediated hydrolysis, thereby preventing pesticide-induced toxicity and lethality.

Singh also distributed the first batch of Kisan Kavach suits to farmers.

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