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Garbage dumps may produce next pandemic, warn epidemiologists

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James Cook University Professor Bruce Gummow is a specialist in Veterinary Preventative Medicine (Epidemiology ). He is the co-author of a study of the interaction between waste, animals and the millions of people who make their living as garbage pickers.

He said an increasing trend in epidemics from zoonotic diseases, which jump from animals to humans, has been observed worldwide.

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