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Mercury pollution makes ducks more likely to get bird flu: study

Ducks contaminated by mercury pollution are significantly more likely to get bird flu, a study says, pointing towards another way that human-driven changes to the natural world increase the risk of viruses spreading. Bird flu rarely infects humans but persistent outbreaks in the U.S. and UK among other countries have… ....

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