Bird flu virus remains infectious up to 600 days in municipal landfills
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 17:14
in Health & Medicine
Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat - the 'bird flu' virus - can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years. Their report is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS` semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology.