UN-named toxicologist does M’sia proud


Trailblazer: Salmaan Hussain remains the only Malaysian toxicologist to be appointed by the United Nations to study the effects of pesticides on food.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Over the past eight years, Dungun-born Dr Salmaan Hussain Inayat Hussain has been and is still the only Malaysian toxicologist appointed by the United Nations (UN) to look into the effects of pesticides on food.

Not many people know the fact, but it is something to be proud of by all Malaysians, and a success story that should be emulated.

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