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Can Recycling Prevent Malaria? - Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai

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Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that a community-based approach may succeed in reducing waste while also curbing the spread of malaria. She explains that mosquitoes often breed in pools formed in litter and, if Africans began reusing plastic, they could destroy many malaria breeding grounds.

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recycle  disease  Africa  plastic  wangari  Maahai

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