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USDA to Release Flies Near U.S.-Mexico Border to Fight Screwworm Pest

By Tom Polansek

Reuters

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will disperse glow-in-the dark, sterile flies in Mexico, closer to the U.S. border, and in southern Texas, as officials race to keep flesh-eating New World screwworm pests from spreading in Mexico, the agency said.

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