America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms
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For decades, the United States has regularly dropped hundreds of millions of sterilized insects from planes over Central America to prevent a scourge from migrating north.
For decades, the United States has regularly dropped hundreds of millions of sterilized insects from planes over Central America to prevent a scourge from migrating north.