Residents insist their town is flu’s ground zero

RESIDENTS in this community of 3,000 believe their town is ground zero for the swine flu epidemic, even if health officials are not saying so.

Residents insist their town is flu’s ground zero

More than 450 residents say they’re suffering from respiratory problems from contamination spread by pig waste at nearby breeding farms co-owned by a US company. Officials with the company say they’ve found no sign of swine flu on its farms, and Mexican authorities have not determined the outbreak’s origin.

The swine flu strain is suspected in more than 150 deaths in Mexico.

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