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Dame Helen Mirren Lends Her Voice to UK Xylella Prevention Video

By Julie Al-Zoubi
Jan. 13, 2020 17:18 UTC
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Dame Helen Mirren nar­rated an ani­ma­tion cre­ated by BRIGIT to edu­cate the pub­lic about the risks of the deadly plant dis­ease Xylella fas­tidiosa and offer advice on pre­vent­ing its arrival in the UK. The British gov­ern­ment has called for greater action to pre­vent the dis­ease, which has dev­as­tated olive groves in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, from reach­ing the United Kingdom.

Dame Helen Mirren has backed the UK’s efforts to keep the deadly plant dis­ease Xylella fas­tidiosa out of the coun­try by nar­rat­ing an ani­ma­tion warn­ing of the risks posed by Xylella and offer­ing advice on pre­vent­ing its arrival.

In the video, which was the brain­child of BRIGIT, a con­sor­tium made up of lead­ing uni­ver­si­ties and research insti­tutes led by the John Innes Centre, Mirren spoke of the dev­as­ta­tion caused by the dis­ease, includ­ing the death of mil­lions of olive trees across Europe and beyond.

The ani­ma­tion was cre­ated to edu­cate the pub­lic about the dis­ease, warn of symp­toms to watch for, and high­light the risks posed by bring­ing plants back from abroad.

Mirren, who has wit­nessed first-hand the dev­as­ta­tion caused by Xylella in Italy’s Puglia region, has in the past advised British gar­den­ers to only pur­chase plants sourced or grown in the U.K.

Although the dis­ease has not yet appeared in the United Kingdom, it has destroyed olive groves in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

In 2017, the British gov­ern­ment called for greater action to pre­vent the arrival and spread of Xylella.


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