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We thank Drs. Tarone and McLaughlin (1
) for their comments on our interpretation of the nasopharyngeal cancer findings in our study (2
). Tarone and McLaughlin question the evidence for a possible association between formaldehyde exposure and nasopharyngeal cancer. We believe that the arguments they present are incorrect, because they inappropriately single out, a posteriori, one plant out of 10; compare all
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