The world has gone mad about bird flu. In Brazil, first-half 2006 results for poultry exports, initially projected to rise between 5% and 10%, are instead down 11.5% in volume and nine percent in cash value compared with the same period in 2005 - and this before highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has even reached the Americas. Part of this loss is due to trade barriers, but reports recognize that there is a large component of bird flu phobia; poultry sales are down all over the world, leading to much unemployment and economic hardship.
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Bird Flu Madness
We must step up to counter the misinformation that is destroying poultry markets.
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