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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Interesting

Animals warn of human health hazards in new 'Canary Database'

(Basically they are collecting and using data on non-human animal illnesses to predict hazards to human health. Like a canary in a coal mine, illnesses such as West Nile in wild birds can harbinge illness in humans. It's an interesting idea.) Here's the actual database:

The Canary Database

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