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2025-06-15 00:29:53 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CB08B0DE8F7BBC2030BCB544AFDF685B30CD250588037FFF676FEED6CB1A2AF2
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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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