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Ash dieback: 'Wash after visiting woods' plea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20176720The environment secretary has urged the public to wash their dogs and boots and even their children after visiting wooded areas, to help stop the spread of a fungus which is killing ash trees.
Owen Paterson spoke after the government's emergency committee Cobra met to discuss the ash dieback menace.
Some 100,000 trees have been destroyed in the UK, where East Anglia has been particularly badly affected.
The infection has killed some 90% of ash trees in Denmark.
