Deforestation reduces malaria bed nets' effectiveness, study finds

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Dec 5, 2024, 7:30 am113 pts
When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the landscape, a plowed field or houses a year after that. But deforestation isn't just a loss of trees; it's a loss of the countless benefits that forests provide—one of which is control of disease.

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