Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 01:03pm on 08 Jun 2025,Sunday Health & Wellness
Two Chinese researchers, Yunqing Jian (33) and Zunyong Liu (34), have been indicted in Michigan for allegedly smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a fungus causing “head blight” in wheat, barley, maize, and rice into the United States, prosecutors say. The US Justice Department flags it as a “potential agroterrorism weapon” linked to economic losses and health hazards like liver damage and reproductive defects. China expert Gordon G. Chang warned on Fox News this could be an act of war—“something worse than Covid”urging severance of US - China ties. Critics argue the fungus is already established and controllable with fungicides. The government now faces a stark choice on biosecurity and diplomacy. (PC: Wikipedia)
