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WHO Says Herbicides May be Cause of Strange Epidemic in Ondo Community
Experts are still trying to figure out the cause of the unidentified disease ravaging the Ode-Irele community in Ondo State which left 28 people dead in three days.
WHO (World Health Organization) is currently investigating the situation, and their current hypothesis is that it may have been caused by herbicides.
Head of Public Relations/Social Media for WHO, Gregory Härtl, announced the news via the following tweet:
#OndoX: current hypothesis is cause of the event is #herbicicdes. Tests done so far r negative for viral and bacterial infection @EbolaAlert
— Gregory Härtl (@HaertlG) April 19, 2015
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