Dust Clouds as disease carriers


	Dust Clouds as disease carriers

Fast T friend

2-7-2008 11:30 AM

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climate, dust, clouds, disease, transmitters

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2-9-2008 12:19 AM

Marcariel

Another example of how we are all connected.

2-9-2008 2:32 PM

valann 47

I like this, its fascinating how science discovers things that we all take for granted that just happen.

2-23-2008 11:30 AM

syncopath

10x FastTfriend very nice clip on inter-connected-ness ..-))

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