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Methyl salicylate poisoning is unusual, and deaths from high levels of ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher chemical are rare.
"Chronic use is more dangerous than one-time use," Edward Arsura, chairman of medicine at Richmond University Medical Center, told ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher Staten Island Advance on Friday. "Exercise and heat can accentuate absorption."
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ambatchmasterpublisher moambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher , Alice Newman, said she still couldn't believe ambatchmasterpublisher daughter's death was caused by a sports cream.
"I am scrupulous about my children's health," she told ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher Advance. "I did not think an over-ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher -counter product could be unsafe."
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