Calls Grow To Ban Wet Markets
A growing number of advocacy groups, politicians and officials are calling to ban wet markets worldwide, given concerns about the spread of disease. But enforcing such a ban would be a challenge.
by Jackie Northam
Apr 16, 2020
2 minutes
Scientists are still trying to determine the origin of the coronavirus, but the predominant theory is that it began in a food market in Wuhan, China.
So-called "wet markets" — usually a jumble of stalls carrying produce, seafood, some farmed meat — are found across China, as
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