[MPWG] NEWS: Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Apr 23 12:10:44 CDT 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080423/hl_afp/unenvironmentclimatehealth
Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world
by Martin Abbugao Wed Apr 23, 7:09 AM ET
SINGAPORE (AFP) - The world risks wiping out a new generation of
antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reverse the extinction
of thousands of plant and animal species, experts warned Wednesday.
Biodiversity loss has reached alarming levels, and disappearing with it
are the secrets to finding treatments for pain, infections and a wide
array of ailments such as cancer, they said, citing the findings of a
coming book.
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