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Hydrazine speculation can end: It’s not in snus, snuff or chewing tobacco

by R.J. Lehmann
March 17, 2015
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issues: Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction
originally published in Science 2.0
From Science 2.0:

Because anything could be connected to tobacco without question, it has been unchallenged since 1974 but a new study actually decided to find out. Professor Brad Rodu of the University of Louisville and colleagues from British American Tobacco did a comprehensive survey of toxicants in smokeless tobacco products developed a method for determining levels of hydrazine in them.

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