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the indian Neem tree
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neem trees thrive in poor dry regions
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building new soil where overgrazing and
deforestation have ruined the land
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the tree is now widely planted in
damaged areas
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the ayurveda
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india's ancient folk medicine prescribes
neem for a range of disorders such as
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skin infection
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parasites and fevers
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twigs are sold for tooth sticks
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natural tooth brushes used throughout
southeast asia
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there many kinds
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but neem is the best for dental health
this toothpaste factory near stuttgart
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is one of three in the area
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using the neem as an ingredient
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production is high and its invaluable to
farmers
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as a fertilizer it's more powerful
than farmyard manure
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and it keeps insect predators at bay
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added to cattle feed
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neem cake provides extra nutrition in
famine times
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and helps to treat intestinal parasites
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in the household and the granary
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Neem has long been used as an insect
repellent
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leaves spread between clothes and
blankets keep moths away
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leaves or oil mixed with grain keep
it insect free during months of storage
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the unique power of the neem tree
immediately protecting the cabbage from
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the attacks of its insects predators.
They may be present
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and they may be hungry
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but they don't eat
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that's Neem's anti-feedant effect
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is there any possibility that it's toxic to human beings
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the beauty of this is it's remarkable
specificity for insects
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it has no toxicological significance
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for humans or
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most forms of
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of wildlife, birds, fish
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how broad spectrum of insects does it act on
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actually it's very good in that regard
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The US Department of Agriculture has tested
over two hundred species of pest insects
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over ninety percent of which
responded in one manner or another.
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That's remarkable! The Neem is effective
against fungal infections
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parasites and bacteria
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and in the battle against malaria. In
preventing Chagas disease
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Neem saves lives.
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We created practically a sensation
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because we are looking
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at Neem derivatives as substitutes for
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the synthetic pesticides
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synthetic pesticides
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are weapons of mass destruction
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killing all the insects around whether harmful or not
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and threatening other forms of life, including us
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residues contaminate soil and water ways
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and their on our food
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the Neem we've tested
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has been every bit as good as even the best conventional pesticides
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it's quite crazy to go around destroying
our forests
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in the way that we do
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scientists are using the vast range of
modern analytic technology
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to take the neem tree apart
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individual compounds
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can be synthesized and mass-produce
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for the global pesticides market. people
who live with the Neem Tree
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could profit from an international market
that cut them out
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particularly the pesticide industry. The farmer can easily make extract
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and apply it to the field
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with out worrying about having to identify the active ingredients
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products used
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for millennia by third world countries,
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end up profiting first-world
corporations
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they own the plantations
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control of distribution
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or these days may even have a
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patent on the active molecule
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GAT was drawing in intellectual property
rights and patents in to a world trading
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system
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and that's when decided this is what i must work on
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because it was really about the most
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fundamental fabric of our moral existence
existence
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over the past decade
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we have been
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gaining ground
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and when i say we i mean ordinary people
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committed to the welfare
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of all of humanity
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all people irrespective of gender and
class and race and religion
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all species on the planet
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we managed to take the biggest
government and one of the largest
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chemical companies
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to court
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on the case of Neem
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and win a case against them
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W R Grace and the U S government's patent
on Neem was revoked by a case we
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brought along with the greens of
european parliament and the international
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organic agriculture movement
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we won because we worked together
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