Australia's carp herpes plan dubbed 'serious risk to global food security'

UK academics say introduction of herpes virus could also cause ‘catastrophic ecosystem crashes’ in AustraliaScientists in Britain have raised concerns about Australia’s $15m plan to release a herpes virus in the nation’s largest river system to eradicate carp, saying it poses a serious risk to global food security, could cause “catastrophic ecosystem crashes” in Australia, and is unlikely to control carp numbers long term.In a letter published in the Nature E