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Radio 4,15 Mar 2010,30 mins

Plants to Pills

Costing the Earth

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Tom Heap witnesses the international police operation against the trade in endangered species. Interpol's Operation Tram has been busy across Europe, seizing traditional medicines suspected of containing endangered species. Tom follows the raids in the UK, uncovering the effects the trade has on the world's plants and animals.

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