Scientists Using Fish and Insects to Boost Security—PETA Will be Outraged

Scientists are using bluegill fish to screen water for toxins and are developing methods by which bees and cockroaches will help with airline security. As I often say, never under estimate the imagination and abilities of scientists.

Just don’t tell PETA. It thinks fish should not be kept in tanks. It has also protested cruelty to cockroaches, and has called the brood of insects, “children.”

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