his way. A look around a supermarket makes clear how many products could be impacted by new taxes on steel and aluminum, from beer and soda to dog food to can after can of beans, fruit, tomato paste and more.
According to the FBI, Liu had small baggies of the fungus stashed in his backpack when he flew to the U.S. last year and, after claiming ignorance about the plant material inside them, said he was planning to use it for research at a University of Michigan lab where Jian worked and where Liu previously worked.Fusarium graminearum causes a disease called Fusarium head blight that can wipe out
such as wheat, barley and maize and rice — it inflicts $1 billion in losses annually on U.S. wheat and barley crops, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.It isn’t the only fungus to cause Fusarium head blight, but it’s the most common culprit in the U.S. The fungus infects plants early in the growing season, shriveling wheat grains and blanching crop heads a whitish-tan color. It also causes a toxin to accumulate in wheat kernels that can make them unsafe for people and livestock to eat.Nicknamed “vomitoxin” because it’s most known for causing livestock to throw up, it can also cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache and fever in animals and people.
Wheat and other grain crops are screened for various toxins, including Fusarium graminearum, before they can be used to feed animals and humans. Farmers have to throw out any infected grains, which can cause devastating losses.“It’s one of the many problems that farmers have to deal with that risks their livelihood,” said David Geiser, a Fusarium expert at Penn State.
Although Jian and Liu are accused of smuggling Fusarium graminearum into the country, the fungus is already prevalent in the U.S. — particularly in the east and Upper Midwest — and scientists have been studying it for decades.
Researchers often bring foreign plants, animals and even strains of fungi to the U.S. to study them, but they must file certain permits before moving anything across state or national borders. Studying the genes of a foreign fungus strain, for example, can help scientists learn how it tolerates heat, resists pesticides or mutates.La orden, a la que solía llamarse la “prohibición hacia los musulmanes” o la “prohibición de viajes”, fue reformulada en medio de impugnaciones jurídicas, hasta que la Corte Suprema confirmó una versión en 2018.
La medida afectó a diversas categorías de viajeros e inmigrantes de Irán, Somalia, Yemen, Siria y Libia, además de norcoreanos, al igual que a algunos funcionarios del gobierno venezolano y sus familias.Trump y otros han defendido el veto inicial, alegando cuestiones de seguridad nacional, que su propósito era proteger al país, y que no estaba fundamentado en un sesgo antimusulmán. Sin embargo, el presidente había pedido un veto explícito a los musulmanes durante su primera campaña para llegar a la Casa Blanca.
Amiri informó desde Naciones Unidas. Los periodistas de The Associated Press Rebecca Santana, Jon Gambrell, Ellen Knickmeyer y Dánica Coto contribuyeron a este despacho.Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.