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Daily Mirror
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Warning over new breed of super rodents feared to be 'threat to humans'

A new breed of 'super rodents ' could be a danger to health, say experts.

In the last 20 years, almost all of the mice and rats in the UK have evolved to be resistant to a common type of poison.

Some 78% of rats and 95% of house mice now have genes that mean they can tolerate poisons known as anticoagulant rodenticides. These normally kill them by preventing blood clotting.

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