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The San Francisco Bay Area is in a ‘losing battle’ with exotic fruit smugglers - fruit flies threaten California crops

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Tags: usa.ca, agriculture, farming, species.invasive, pests, insects, fruit flies, crime, smuggling, fruit, crops, author.ariana bindman, source.sfgate
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/invasive-flies-fruit-smuggling-california-crops-18351439.php

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Authors
Ariana Bindman
Published
Sep 7 2023
Word count
790 words

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    I remember when they sprayed sections of Los Angeles for fruit flies in 1987. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-27-me-4179-story.html Can you imagine the conspiracy theories if the...

    I remember when they sprayed sections of Los Angeles for fruit flies in 1987. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-27-me-4179-story.html

    Can you imagine the conspiracy theories if the Internet had existed back then?

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