Mumbai doctors blame pigeons for spike in lung disease

A pigeon looks off into the distance in Mumbai, India.

Doctors in India’s most populous city are sounding the alarm over what they say is a fivefold increase in cases of a severe inflammation of the lungs called hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Experts link the spike directly to Mumbai’s growing pigeon population, since their droppings are the leading cause of the disease in India.

CBC | World News

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