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Vice 5x9 - Medical Détente & Bananas

    

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There are thousands of types of bananas but Americans have eyesfor only one kind - the very marketable yellow Cavendish,which accounts for 95% of global banana exports. But thismulti-billion dollar industry is under threat. A fungus calledPanama Disease is rapidly infecting portions of the world'sCavendish crops and could spell disaster for themonoculture-dependent worldwide banana trade. VICE heads to theheart of banana country in Latin American and the Philippinesto see the devastating effects of the disease and toinvestigate what the loss of the banana would really meanbesides a less colorful lunchbox.
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