Foreign diseases, insects missed by post-9/11 inspections may cost billions
Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a pest explosion that threatened the quality of the nation's food supply.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=cC-82ej3G_Q:-BLSu__qAVc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=cC-82ej3G_Q:-BLSu__qAVc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=cC-82ej3G_Q:-BLSu__qAVc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=cC-82ej3G_Q:-BLSu__qAVc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=cC-82ej3G_Q:-BLSu__qAVc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=cC-82ej3G_Q:-BLSu__qAVc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/cC-82ej3G_Q" height="1" width="1"/> [More]Tags: national world news
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