[PCA] NEWS: Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world

[Olivia Kwong]

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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