Mumbai doctors blame pigeons for spike in lung disease

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A pigeon looks off into the distance in Mumbai, India.

Doctors in India's most populous city are sounding the alarm over what they say is a fivefold increase in cases of a severe inflammation of the lungs called hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Experts link the spike directly to Mumbai's growing pigeon population, since their droppings are the leading cause of the disease in India.

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