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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE According to a statement released by Dartmouth College, evidence of parasitic infection has been found in a privy that belonged to an affluent, nineteenth-century rural household. The layers of waste in the stone-lined privy contained fine imported ceramics, exotic peanut and coffee remains, mineral water bottles, medicine bottles for digestive ailments, and fecal samples. Jesse Casana of Dartmouth College said the ineffective medicine held in the bottles may have been intended to treat symptoms associated with parasitic infections. Located in front of what is now the Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College, the site was previously home to Choate House, which was constructed in 1786 by Sylvanus Ripley, a professor at the college. The house was purchased in 1801 by Mill Olcott, a wealthy businessman and politician, who lived there with his wife and nine children. All of the members of the Olcott family are likely to have been infected with
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations proposed ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars could be particularly beneficial for Black and young people, says an expert on tobacco control at Washington University in St. Louis.
Around 80% of adult Black smokers and more than half of people age 18-34 use menthol brands,said Todd Combs, research assistant professor at the Brown School who works on the Advancing Science &Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE) project, which uses agent-based modeling to test the potential impact of retail tobacco policies.
The aim of the proposed ban, which could go into effect next year, is to significantly reduce disease and deathin the U.S. from using these two products.