The REAL fungus threat isn’t a zombie apocalypse but ‘global starvation’
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Daily Mail UK
By JAMES REINL, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
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The smash television zombie show The Last of Us was too close for comfort for food scientist Sarah Gurr.
While the apocalyptic HBO drama focussed on fungal infections turning mankind into crazed zombies, the more pressing threat is how they ravage what we eat, she says.
The University of Exeter expert warns of a ‘devastating’ impact on wheat, rice, corn, soy beans, potatoes and other crops that keep the planet’s 8 billion people alive.
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