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Harbin Institute of Technology and other institutions published a study in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, screening cerebrospinal fluid samples from 91 subjects in Harbin who self-reported no history of occupational pesticide exposure, and detected a total of 20 pesticide-related compounds; biphenyl was detected in all samples, and 6 triazole components were also found. On October 18, a blogger posted a video introducing the study.

A graduate student who earned a degree in software from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2012 and once wrote code at a big tech firm now makes a living selling balloons on the streets of Changsha, where he was reunited with a former big-tech colleague now working as a grilled squid vendor, reflecting the widespread unemployment predicament of highly educated talent in China today.