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“Large numbers of unprotected children are now entering school. Unless this is rectified urgently there will be further outbreaks and more unnecessary deaths.”

Letter from 28 paediatricians at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, on the risk of measles outbreaks among children in the UK who were not vaccinated against it due to fears of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism (The Daily Telegraph, London, 27 June)

“In small quantities this is a good fertiliser, but too much acidity is bad for the soil and could damage or even kill the trees.”

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