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The Mafia Plants Death in Italy’s Land of Mozzarella

Poisoned Fruit

Illegal dumping for decades created land so toxic that selling wine, cheese, and olive oil produced there is strictly prohibited. Locals say the land is too dangerous to even die on.

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