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Infected Planet

By Stan Cox, AlterNet. Posted March 21, 2006.


Modern human plagues like bird flu aren't the result of mysterious forces. Whether we mean to or not, we bring them on ourselves.
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Stan Cox is a plant breeder and writer in Salina, Kan.

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