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which can result from neural long-range under-connectivity and short- of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and the Co-
range over-connectivity. An understanding of these brain changes alition for Mercury-Free Drugs to raise public
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may help individuals and their families better cope with the resulting awareness about the risks of routine exposures
challenges. to mercury.

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