Research into the use of cornstarch combined with vegetable oil could lead to more widespread uses for corn.

Todd Ward, director of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research lab in Peoria, Illinois says researchers are finding uses for it in foods, industrial cleaners, paints and even as a waterproof material for paper, wood and cotton products.

“They’ve also been using starch co-products as a biodegradable pesticide. They’ve shown that this can control a wide variety of fungi, bacteria, even termites.

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