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However, various studies have indicated that the nut contains carcinogenic compounds, and populations in which chewing is widespread have demonstrably higher prevalence of mouth and throat cancers
"It's not going to matter if you raise the age by three years, people are already going to want the product," said Gottschalk.
Studies indicate they still produce low levels of many of the harmful chemicals associated with smoking
Accountability, then, requires not only tracing the corporation that circulated chemical for capital, but attending to the intimate, gendered labor through which campesinxs have sustained life within toxicity