http://www.fluoridation.com/schatz.htm
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Dedication
This report is dedicated to Salvador Allende, M.D., for the same reasons1 that my first report, Increasing Death Rates in Chile Associated with Artificial Fluoridation of Drinking Water, with Implications for Other Countries, was dedicated to him. Dr. Allende was elected President of Chile on September 4, 1970, and was assassinated by a military junta on September 11, 1973. As a result of health measures he instituted, the birthweight of babies increased for the first time in 50 years. Dr. Allende, as a doctor and as President, was concerned about the poor people of Chile. These are the people in all countries who, because they are malnourished, are most susceptible to the harmful effects of fluoridation.
My research on the harmful effects of fluoridation in Chile was the first study specifically concerned with poor, malnourished people. I chose Chile for my research because (a) the majority of the population of Chile is poor and malnourished, and (b) pro-fluoridationists have never adequately studied the effect of fluoridation on poor, malnourished people as a specific group of the total population.
In the United States and other developed countries, poor and malnourished people are a minority that is statistically drowned out in the total population which is researched for harmful effects of fluoridation. The increased death rates associated with fluoridation in Chile tell us that fluoridation is also killing poor, malnourished people in all countries that have fluoridation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Hodge
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Harold Carpenter Hodge (1904 – 1990) was a well-known toxicologist who published close to 300 papers and 5 books. He was the first president of the Society of Toxicology in 1960. He received a BS from Illinois Wesleyan University and a PhD in 1930 from the State University of Iowa, publishing his first paper in 1927. He received a number of honors and awards during his career, and he was president of the International Association for Dental Research in 1947, president of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (1966-1967), president of the Association of Medical School Pharmacologists (1968-1970).[1]
In 1931 he went to the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester in New York where he pursued an interest in the use of fluoride for preventing caries, although there was a public stigma against fluoride's use in public health because of its association with rat poison. He was chosen to head the United States Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology for the Manhattan Project, where he studied the effects of the inhalation of uranium and beryllium through the "Rochester Chamber".[2]
Hodge's reputation was damaged by the publication of Eileen Welsome's book The Plutonium Files, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize. It documented chilling human experiments in which the subjects did not know they were being tested to find the safety limits of uranium and plutonium. He attended a meeting where the experiments were planned in 1945, and an AEC memo thanks Hodge for his planning and suggestions in the experiment. The US government settled with the victims' families, paying $400,000 per family. Seven victims were injected with material smuggled into a hospital secretly through a tunnel. One unmarried, white 24-year old woman was injected with 584 micrograms of uranium; another 61-year old man was injected with 70 micrograms per kilogram of uranium.[3]:93 Hodge also arranged for Dr. Sweet to inject 11 terminally-ill patients with uranium for their brain tumors; however, these subjects may have known they were being tested.[4]
Hodge is also singled out by BBC journalist Christopher Bryson in his book The Fluoride Deception as having played a key role in promoting the implementation of water fluoridation in the U.S., from which the water fluoridation controversy stems.
Hodge's papers list him as "Harold Carpenter," "Harold Hodge," and "Harold Carpenter Hodge."
http://www.burtonreport.com/infforensic/humanexperplutonium.htm
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Stafford Warren, in his capacities as a U.S. medical officer (radiologist) and medical faculty member at the University of Rochester appears to have had primary responsibility for the now infamous plutonium injections performed on innocent patients at Strong Memorial Hospital (Teaching Hospital of the University of Rochester) in 1945 along with Colonel Hymer Friedell (also a M.D.). A top secret and constantly guarded clandestine facility, the "Manhattan Annex" was constructed across the street from the University of Rochester Medical School.
This clandestine facility was connected by a tunnel to the medical school itself. This building was destroyed after WWII , and its activities were actively kept hidden from the public until over a half-century later. By 1977 only one survivor, Jeanne Connell remained, to tell the tale. That same year Connell, and the heirs of the other human subjects, each received $400,000 from the U.S. government with an official apology (O'Neill et al., Betrayal of Trust, People Magazine, May 5, 1997).
Human Experimentation (Eileen Welsome Tells Elmer Allen's Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqc-ljo75wc
Elmer Allen's Granddaughter (Nuclear Guinea Pig)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sry_jcX6aiQ
Suburb Poisoned by Shell Plutonium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIeAboqLW4g&feature=related
http://www.healthy-communications.com/fluoridetoxicbomb.html
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During her investigation, Mullenix was astonished to discover there had been virtually no previous US studies of fluoride's effects on the human brain. Then, her application for a grant to continue her CNS research was turned down by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), when an NIH panel flatly told her that "fluoride does not have central nervous system effects".
Declassified documents of the US atomic bomb program indicate otherwise. A Manhattan Project memorandum of 29 April 1944 states: "Clinical evidence suggests that uranium hexafluoride may have a rather marked central nervous system effect... It seems most likely that the F [code for fluoride] component rather than the T [code for uranium] is the causative factor." The memo, from a captain in the medical corps, is stamped SECRET and is addressed to Colonel Stafford Warren, head of the Manhattan Project's Medical Section. Colonel Warren is asked to approve a program of animal research on CNS effects. "Since work with these compounds is essential, it will be necessary to know in advance what mental effects may occur after exposure... This is important not only to protect a given individual, but also to prevent a confused workman from injuring others by improperly performing his duties."
On the same day, Colonel Warren approved the CNS research program. This was in 1944, at the height of World War II and the US nation's race to build the world's first atomic bomb.
http://www.fluoridealert.org/donora.htm
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Fluoride Implicated in Donora Death Fogs
Chemical & Engineering News
Vol. 26, pg. 3692
Dec 13, 1948
Fluorine gases in atmosphere as industrial waste blamed for death and chronic poisoning of Donora and Webster, Pa., inhabitants
Circumstantial and actual proof has been found of acute fluorine poisoning by the smog in the Monongahela River Valley to persons who already had chronic fluorine intoxication, states the official report of investigations of the cause of the deaths of 17 people in Donora, Pa., and of 3 in Webster during the last weekend in October. Most of the well-known symptoms of acute fluorine poisoning were found by members of the medical profession who examined victims of the smog, Philip Sadtler, consultant, discovered.
The fog bank across the tops of the valley walls surrounding the towns for four days had permitted little movement of air and allowed the gaseous waste products of several plants and the railroads to accumulate. Besides being saturated with soot, the fog blanket also contained sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrofluoric acid. It has not yet been shown that the first three were present in quantities suffficient to kill. Numerous factors, however, indicated fluorine poisoning, Mr. Sadtler states. Fluorine-containing substances are used in several plants in the vicinity. Analysis of blood of deceased and hospitalized victims showed 12 to 25 times the normal quantity of fluorine. Corn crops, very sensitive to fluorine, were severely damaged and all of the vegetation north of the town were killed. One of the primary symptoms of acute fluorine poisoning in human beings, dyspnea (distressed breathing similar to attacks of asthma) has been found in hundreds of cases. Although those who were affected were of all ages, those who died had displayed symptoms similar to those of chronic fluorine poisoning much earlier. Conspicuous evidence of such chronic poisoning in young persons in the vicinity is the high incidence of mottled tooth enamel and dental caries. Moreover, many effects of secondary fluorine poisoning are to be seen in herbivorous animals in the region. Lastly, inanimate objects show evidence of attack by acid gases.
Recommendations for improvements call for completion of the study in order to single out the plants, materials, and processes causing the trouble. Changes should be made in suspect processes to prevent emission of fluorine-containing fumes, and improvements in combustion are needed. Cottrell precipitators to collect dust and scrubbers to absorb the acid gases are also essential, Mr. Sadtler concludes.
http://www.amazon.com/Polluters-Making-Chemically-Altered-Environment/dp/0199739951
Excerpt:http://www.fluoridealert.org/donora.htm
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Fluoride Implicated in Donora Death Fogs
Chemical & Engineering News
Vol. 26, pg. 3692
Dec 13, 1948
Fluorine gases in atmosphere as industrial waste blamed for death and chronic poisoning of Donora and Webster, Pa., inhabitants
Circumstantial and actual proof has been found of acute fluorine poisoning by the smog in the Monongahela River Valley to persons who already had chronic fluorine intoxication, states the official report of investigations of the cause of the deaths of 17 people in Donora, Pa., and of 3 in Webster during the last weekend in October. Most of the well-known symptoms of acute fluorine poisoning were found by members of the medical profession who examined victims of the smog, Philip Sadtler, consultant, discovered.
The fog bank across the tops of the valley walls surrounding the towns for four days had permitted little movement of air and allowed the gaseous waste products of several plants and the railroads to accumulate. Besides being saturated with soot, the fog blanket also contained sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrofluoric acid. It has not yet been shown that the first three were present in quantities suffficient to kill. Numerous factors, however, indicated fluorine poisoning, Mr. Sadtler states. Fluorine-containing substances are used in several plants in the vicinity. Analysis of blood of deceased and hospitalized victims showed 12 to 25 times the normal quantity of fluorine. Corn crops, very sensitive to fluorine, were severely damaged and all of the vegetation north of the town were killed. One of the primary symptoms of acute fluorine poisoning in human beings, dyspnea (distressed breathing similar to attacks of asthma) has been found in hundreds of cases. Although those who were affected were of all ages, those who died had displayed symptoms similar to those of chronic fluorine poisoning much earlier. Conspicuous evidence of such chronic poisoning in young persons in the vicinity is the high incidence of mottled tooth enamel and dental caries. Moreover, many effects of secondary fluorine poisoning are to be seen in herbivorous animals in the region. Lastly, inanimate objects show evidence of attack by acid gases.
Recommendations for improvements call for completion of the study in order to single out the plants, materials, and processes causing the trouble. Changes should be made in suspect processes to prevent emission of fluorine-containing fumes, and improvements in combustion are needed. Cottrell precipitators to collect dust and scrubbers to absorb the acid gases are also essential, Mr. Sadtler concludes.
http://www.amazon.com/Polluters-Making-Chemically-Altered-Environment/dp/0199739951
In this startling, intense, and brilliantly elucidated volume, Ross and Amter present a concise history of the American chemical industry. With examples both infamous (Love Canal) and long forgotten (Donora, Pennsylvania), the authors expose the historically close relationship between the industry and government regulators, making it sharply relevant to the present-day disasters of the BP oil spill and the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion. And there is little comfort found in the evidence of backroom deal making, determined neglect, and willful ignorance of solid research. The authors recount the stunning impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring when it was released in 1962 in a country still enthralled by the chemical industry’s control of science. Can anything be more startling than Henry du Pont’s assertion here that it was modern technology and not government which ended slavery and child labor? The sheer arrogance on display boggles the mind and makes this thoroughly researched and refreshingly nonpartisan work an unlikely page-turner. All it lacks is a happy ending, but hopefully the tide is finally turning on that score. --Colleen Mondor
Review
"The engrossing, infuriating history of American pollution... An important, disheartening account of widespread willful ignorance."--Kirkus Reviews
"Startling, intense, and brilliantly elucidated... sharply relevant to the present-day disasters of the BP oil spill and the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion... an unlikely page-turner."--Booklist
"The Polluters documents how the strategies used by today's polluters to duck regulation of their toxic chemicals were pioneered by polluters who poisoned the American landscape and killed hundreds of Americans in the early twentieth century. For nearly one-hundred years, corporate polluters have subverted democracy and corrupted public officials to control government regulation of toxic chemicals maximizing profits at the expense of public health."--Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/how_can_periodontal_disease_be_prevented_000024_6.htm
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Fluoride Treatments
Fluoride treatment in children has helped to account for the decline in periodontal disease in adults. Because fluoride prevents decay, back molars, which keep the teeth in place, are spared, and are thus less vulnerable to bacteria. Even before teeth first erupt, babies' gums should be wiped clean with a bit of gauze bearing a dab of fluoride toothpaste. Supplementation with fluoride tablets or drops may be recommended for children 6 months or older who drink unfluoridated water or who are at risk for dental problems. A prescription from the child's pediatrician or dentist is required.
Some dentists recommend a fluoride gel for adult patients who are still at risk for tooth decay or sensitivity, but extra fluoride is generally not necessary for adults who use fluoride toothpaste.
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Not long ago we discussed the problems related to fluoride use in humans in our ezine/newsletter edition. I have been alarmed by advocates of fluoridation who now are campaigning to extend the process to supplies of bottled water. Now we are seeing more research that raises serious issues of adverse effects on health caused by fluoride.
Scientists report a link between dental fluorosis and periodontal disease in the June 2007 Indian Journal of Dental Research. (1)
Scientists report a link between dental fluorosis and periodontal disease in the June 2007 Indian Journal of Dental Research. (1)
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Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2009 Oct 1;14(10):e547-53.
Fluoride - an adjunctive therapeutic agent for periodontal disease? Evidence from a cross-sectional study.
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Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry Darshan Dental College and Hospital Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. santosh_dentist@yahoo.comAbstract
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the influence of the water fluoride level on periodontal status, by determining the periodontal health status of subjects residing in low, optimum and high fluoride areas.STUDY DESIGN:
A cross sectional survey was carried out on 967 adults aged 35-44 years old, from the Udaipur district of India. A stratified cluster random sampling technique was implemented in order to collect a representative sample from low (<0.6 ppm), optimum (0.6 - 1.2 ppm) and high fluoride (>3 ppm) areas, based on the fluoride concentration in drinking water. Periodontal status was assessed in accordance to WHO criteria. The Chi-square test was used to compare proportions, and logistic regression analysis was used to determine the contribution of water fluoride levels to periodontal disease.RESULTS:
Those residing in areas of low fluoride levels were more likely to present periodontal pockets than those living in high fluoride areas 1.3 (95 % CI 1.11+/-1.86). Subjects living in areas of low fluoride were noted to have a higher risk of periodontal attachment loss of more than 8mm (OR = 1.94, 95% CI 1.67+/-3.85). The risk for presence of periodontal pockets and attachment loss of more than 8mm increased by 1.17 (95 % CI 1.02+/-1.69) and 1.59 (95 % CI 1.27+/-3.29) respectively for those residing in areas of optimum fluoride levels. Deep periodontal pockets were more prevalent (6.3%) among those residing in areas of low fluoride, followed by optimum (5.2%) and high (3.1%).CONCLUSIONS:
As the fluoride concentrations increased, the prevalence of shallow and deep periodontal pockets decreased. The severity of periodontal disease was significantly associated with fluoride levels, with cases of loss of attachment gradually decreasing when moving from low fluoride areas to high fluoride areas. It appears that longitudinal studies need to be conducted in order to ascertain the benefits; and microbiological analysis of dental plaque and periodontium should be carried out in order to confirm the effects of fluoride on periodontal conditions.Excerpt:
Death education is education about death that focuses on the human and emotional aspects of death. Though it may include teaching on the biological aspects of death, teaching about coping with grief is a primary focus. A specialist in this field is referred to as a thanatologist.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThanatologyExcerpt:
Thanatology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanatology is the academic, and often scientific, study of death among human beings. It investigates the circumstances surrounding a person's death, the grief experienced by the deceased's loved ones, and wider social attitudes toward death such as ritual and memorialization. It is primarily an interdisciplinary study, frequently undertaken by professionals in nursing, psychology, religious studies, sociology, psychiatry, and social work, and is offered as a course of study at numerous colleges and universities. It also describes bodily changes that accompany death and the post-mortem period.
The word is derived from the Greek language. In Greek mythology, Thanatos (θάνατος: "death") is the personification of death.[1] The English suffix -ology derives from the Greek suffix -logia (-λογια: "speaking").
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In most cases, thanatology is studied as a means towards the end of providing palliative care for dying individuals and their families. According to the World Health Organization, "palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness," involving the "treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual."[2] Thanatology recognizes that, ultimately, death is inevitable. It works to develop guidelines to ease the process of dying. Thanatology also studies the similarities and differences of various cultures around the world and their manner of dealing with death of themselves or a loved one.Thanatology does not directly explore the meaning of life and of death. Medically, this question is irrelevant to those studying it. Some[which?] medical texts refer to inquiries of the meaning of life and death as absurd and futile[citation needed]. However, the question is very relevant to the psychological health of those involved in the dying process: individuals, families, communities, and cultures. Thanatology explores how the question affects those involved, not the question itself.
[edit] Fields of study
As an interdisciplinary study, thanatology relies on collaboration with many different fields of study. Death is a universal human concern; it has been examined and re-examined in a wide variety of disciplines, dating back to pre-history. Some of these fields of study are academic in nature; others have evolved throughout history as cultural traditions. Because death is such a broad and complex subject, thanatology relies on a holistic approach[citation needed].The humanities are, perhaps, the very oldest disciplines to explore death[citation needed]. Historically, the average human had a significantly lower standard of living and lifespan in the past than he or she would today. Wars, famine, and disease always kept death close at hand. Artists, authors, and poets often employed the universality of death as a motif in their works; this trend continues today[citation needed].
The social sciences are often involved on both the individual and on the cultural level. The individual level is primarily covered by psychology, the study of individual minds. Avoiding (or, in some cases, seeking) death is an important human motive; the fear of death affects many individuals' actions.
Several social sciences focus on the broad picture, and they frequently encounter the issue of death[citation needed]. Sociology is the study of social rules. Sub-disciplines within sociology, such as the sociology of disaster, focus more narrowly on the issue of how societies handle death. Likewise, cultural anthropology and archeology concern themselves with how current and past cultures deal with death, respectively. Society and culture are similar concepts, but their scopes are different. A society is an interdependent community, while culture is an attribute of a community: the complex web of shifting patterns that link individuals together. In any case, both cultures and societies must deal with death; the various cultural studies (many of which overlap with each other) examine this response using a variety of approaches.
Both religion and mythology concern themselves with what happens to the "soul" after death. They usually involve reincarnation or some form of an afterlife. The universal life-death-rebirth deity glorifies those who are able to overcome death. Although thanatology does not directly investigate the question itself, it is concerned with how people choose to answer the question for themselves. For example, an individual who believes that she will go to heaven when she dies will likely be less afraid of death. Alternately, a terminally ill individual who believes that suicide is a sin may be wracked with guilt. On one hand, he may wish to end the suffering, but on the other hand, he may believe that he will be sent to hell for eternity unless he dies naturally, however long and painful that may be. The loved ones of individuals like these are likewise either consoled or distressed, depending on what they believe will ultimately happen to the dying individual. Faith can inspire comfort, anxiety, and sometimes both. This is an important point to those studying thanatology and the sociology of religion.
Medical science and applied medicine are also very important fields of study used in thanatology. The biological study of death helps explain what happens, physically, to individuals in the moment of dying and after-death bodily changes. Pharmacology investigates how prescription drugs can ease death, and in some cases prevent early deaths. Psychiatry, the medical application of psychological principles and therapeutic drugs, is also involved; many licensed psychiatrists are required to take courses on thanatology during training. Medical ethics are also an important area of study, especially on the issue of euthanasia ("right to die").
There is also a branch of thanatology called music-thanatology which focuses on the use of "music vigils" to help the individual and their family.[3] A vigil consists of one or a team of music-thanatologists who visit the dying person. They play the harp and sing music based on changes that they observe in patient physiology as well as in interpersonal family dynamics. The music tends toward the meditative, and can be very helpful to the patient and others that are present. Often after a vigil, the dying person is more relaxed, less agitated, and is in less pain. Most music-thanatologists are certified by the Music-Thanatology Association International, and they use the initials "CM-Th" to designate certification by this professional organization. Many hospitals and hospices now have professional music-thanatologists on their staff.[4]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8421111
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J Clin Periodontol. 1993 Jan;20(1):20-5.
Evaluation of a mouthrinse containing chlorhexidine and fluoride as an adjunct to oral hygiene.
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Department of Periodontology, Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, South Wales, UK.Abstract
Chlorhexidine and fluoride have valuable preventive roles in dental and oral diseases. There is also evidence that in caries prevention, together, they provide additive benefits. However, combined chlorhexidine/fluoride formulations have rarely been evaluated. The aim of this study was to determine whether a 0.12% chlorhexidine, 100 ppm F- mouthrinse provided adjunctive oral hygiene benefits compared to a minus active control rinse. The study was a randomised double-blind parallel design involving 102 subjects of whom 99 completed the 6 week experimental period. Subjects rinsed 2x per day for 1 min with 15 ml of the allocated rinse. Normal toothbrushing procedures were maintained throughout the study. At 6 weeks, plaque and gingivitis scores were significantly lower and the incremental reduction significantly larger in the active rinse group. However, as expected, toothstaining was significantly increased with the active rinse. It is apparent that this chlorhexidine/fluoride rinse could be used in those regimens recommended for other chlorhexidine formulations. The value of the formulation in caries prevention would seem worthy of further investigation.- PMID:
- 8421111
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealth/topics/fluoride/thestoryoffluoridation.htm
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It started as an observation, that soon took the shape of an idea. It ended, five decades later, as a scientific revolution that shot dentistry into the forefront of preventive medicine. This is the story of how dental science discovered-and ultimately proved to the world-that fluoride, a mineral found in rocks and soil, prevents tooth decay. Although dental caries remains a public health worry, it is no longer the unbridled problem it once was, thanks to fluoride.
In 1909 Dr. McKay (r) persuaded the Colorado State Dental Association to invite Dr. Green Vardiman Black (l), one of the nation's most eminent dental researchers, to attend 1909 convention where McKay's findings were to be presented. The two men began joint research and discovered other areas of the country where brown staining of teeth occurred.
http://www.naturalnews.com/030963_John_Perkins_economic_hit_man.html
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The Story of Fluoridation
It started as an observation, that soon took the shape of an idea. It ended, five decades later, as a scientific revolution that shot dentistry into the forefront of preventive medicine. This is the story of how dental science discovered-and ultimately proved to the world-that fluoride, a mineral found in rocks and soil, prevents tooth decay. Although dental caries remains a public health worry, it is no longer the unbridled problem it once was, thanks to fluoride.A Mysterious Disorder
In 1909 Dr. McKay (r) persuaded the Colorado State Dental Association to invite Dr. Green Vardiman Black (l), one of the nation's most eminent dental researchers, to attend 1909 convention where McKay's findings were to be presented. The two men began joint research and discovered other areas of the country where brown staining of teeth occurred. http://www.naturalnews.com/030963_John_Perkins_economic_hit_man.html
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