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Proposal would ban mink farming to stem coronavirus mutation

by Meg Kinnard
| July 5, 2021 12:03 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bipartisan proposal in the U.S. House would ban the farming of mink fur in the United States in an effort to stem possible mutations of the coronavirus, something researchers have said can be accelerated when the virus spreads among animals.

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