US Wildlife Trade Poorly Regulated, Threatening Food Supply Chains, Hu

[Achilles Tang]

Scientists have found that the U.S. wildlife import system is broken. In a paper published in Science, the team reported that federal authorities failed to accurately list more than four in five species entering the country. The effect: A range of diseases is introduced into the United States, potentially decimating species, devastating ecosystems and threatening food supply chains and human health.

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