The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Mink farms are the perfect petri dishes for deadly flu strains to emerge. Yet officials appear to be protecting business interests over human lives Could this be ground zero? Could it be the spot where the next pandemic begins? It’s certainly a candidate, not least because the chain of events that could trigger a…
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- The Guardian — Environment
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- 04 November 2026 · 06:00 UTC
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- 04 November 2026 · 06:15 UTC
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- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/global-pandemic-mink-farm-utah-farming-livestock
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