CNN: Chinese Nationals Charged with Smuggling ‘Agroterrorism’ Fungus Into U.S.

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SIDNER: “Breaking overnight. Two Chinese researchers have been charged with smuggling a biological pathogen into the United States that they planned to study at the University of Michigan. According to the complaint filed yesterday, the two brought a fungus described as a quote, 'potential agro-terrorism weapon; that can cause disease in plants like corn, rice, and barley. According to the FBI, the pathogen is responsible for billions of dollars in economic damage worldwide every year.”