Word: elchardus
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This year's hazard was first discovered by a doctor in Charleville-Mezieres, in France's Ardennes region. Dr. Jean-Francois Elchardus became alarmed at the sudden and seemingly inexplicable deaths of eight of 15 infants he had treated last spring for diarrhea and large swellings on the buttocks, to which powder had been applied. When he sent several baby products to a laboratory for analysis, tests showed that one of them, a powder called Bebe (baby), was rich in hexachlorophene. The chemical made up 6% of Bebe. (U.S.-manufactured cleansers contain no more than 3% hexachlorophene...
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