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Sirish Subhash becomes America’s top young scientist: Our food, fruits or food products often contain traces of dangerous pesticides. 14 year old Sirish Subhash has made a machine to find out. For his discovery, Subhash has received the title of America’s Top Young Scientist. Subhash, of Indian origin, lives in Snellville, Georgia and studies in the ninth grade. He has won the President’s Middle School Science Competition organized by the multinational company 3M and Discovery Education in St. Paul, Minnesota.
This small device made by Subhash will tell us whether there are pesticide residues in our fruits, vegetables or other food products. Actually, 14 year old Sirish Subhash of Indian origin living in Georgia has created a device named Pestiscan, which is capable of detecting pesticides. Subhash used data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for his technology, which found that 70.6 percent of produced foods contained pesticide residues.
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Prevents Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
According to the information, while studying in ninth grade in Snellville, Georgia, Sirish Subhash won the National Middle School Science Competition in St. Paul, Minnesota. Subhash said that pesticide particles can cause diseases like brain cancer, leukemia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
85 percent accuracy
Sirish Subhash said that the name of my project is PestiScan. It is a device that lets people know whether the foods in their home contain traces of pesticides or not. Residues of pesticides usually spoil the food product, which can also prove to be hazardous to health. To test the accuracy of Pestiscan, Subhash used an AI based hand-held pesticide detector to identify pesticide residues on spinach and tomatoes. The accuracy of the device came to more than 85 percent.
This competition for young talents has been running for 17 years.
The competition has been held in the US for the past 17 years to showcase and promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) student projects. Tory Clark, EVP and Chief Public Affairs Officer of 3M, the company organizing the competition, said that 3M seeks and promotes such talent.
The winner gets 25 thousand dollars
In this competition held on 14 and 15 October, Sirish Subhash has won the title of America’s Top Young Scientist. He was also awarded $25,000 cash for his win. Minula Weerasekera of Oregon came second and William Tan, an eighth grade student from New York, came third. Second and third place winners received $2,000 cash prizes.
