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​Dole brand bananas are seen on display at the Safeway store in Wheaton, Maryland February 13, 2015.

A deadly fungus is threatening the future of bananas in Asia — and could spread around the world

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You love ‘em. You might eat one every day. It’s kind of the perfect fruit, easy to carry, easy to peel, good to eat. But there’s a banana crisis looming, a deadly fungus that’s destroying banana crops in Asia and is spreading elsewhere.

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