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Every minute, logging companies and farmers cut down or burn about 30 football fields' worth of forest in developing nations. That's not just an environmental tragedy. By forcing animals from their habitats and bringing them into closer contact with humans, deforestation accelerates the spread of dangerous animal-borne diseases like Ebola, Zika, Lyme, and the plague. In other words, deforestation doesn't just kill trees and animals - it kills people. Leaders worldwide must start treating it as a public health crisis in addition to an environmental one. [Source: The Independent (Utah)]
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