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2025-06-15 00:07:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 128B0E511F5EBAB7F2C7B9E23A73CD28FD09BA42200F2EDC96B552EDF46D02C8
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Fusarium graminearum is a long-studied toxic fungus that already exists naturally in the U.S. and while it “can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice [as well as cause vomiting in livestock/people who eat it” — the claim of wiping out the entire food supply is an exaggeration. https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/world-news/chinese-scientists-accused-of-smuggling-biological-matter-into-the-us-will-stay-in-jail/
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