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...hey implicate the arylamines contained in hair dye solutions as the carcinogenic substances responsible for bladder cancer development in the users of these dyes."Early in 2001, USC preventive medicine researchers reported that women who use permanent dyes at least once a month for one year or longer have twic...Problem-solving training helps moms of kids with cancer
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