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Pesticide-Busting Brit Super Rats Spark Health Concerns

By Mat Probasco,  Newser Staff

Posted May 3, 2009 9:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Britain's surging rat population is becoming immune to common poisons, spurring public heath concerns and calls for stronger pesticides, reports the Guardian. Rodents in at least two towns are impervious to normal control methods. In addition, years of mild winters and wet summers have boosted...   Read full story »

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