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World Service,22 Sep 1997,28 mins

Eradicating Polio

Discovery

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Whether science can eradicate the polio virus. The World Health Organisation has set itself a target of eradicating the polio virus from the planet by 2000. But do scientists know enough to do this? Also in the programme a look at how lead exposure in the womb can rot your teeth and an insight into mosquito man Ronald Ross 100 years after he proved the cause of malaria. Presenter: Martin Redfern.

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