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Poisoned Ukraine contender can be treated
18 December 2004 
New Scientist Print Edition 

Extract

VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, the challenger in Ukraine's disputed 
presidential election, may soon start a new treatment   
...
  
Yushchenko could be stuck with the chloracne, which may 
improve after several years but often doesn't. He is 
also at increased risk of a cancer called soft tissue 
sarcoma.

...  treatment with synthetic material called olestra, 
which forms a fat deposit in the gut that traps the 
fat-soluble dioxins ... "I suggested that Mr Yushchenko 
might want to start the treatment after the campaign," Z
impfer says.

 
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