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Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.

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A Chinese national couple was hit with criminal charges for allegedly smuggling a dangerous fungus into the US capable of destroying crops and poisoning humans and livestock.

Fusarium graminearum is a fungal pathogen that is considered an agroterrorism weapon. A Chinese couple, one of whom researches at the University of Michigan, is charged with trying to smuggle it ...