Cholera also affected parts of Latin America following flooding along the Pacific Coast and southern Brazil. In developing countries, health conditions depend to a great extent on the success of the harvest. Both floods, which encourage the growth of fungi, and droughts, which promote whiteflies, locusts and rodents, have an impact on agricultural production. Next week, Environment Ministers from around 170 countries travel to Buenos Aires for the closing days of United Nations talks on climate change. Dr Paul Epstein.
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