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Our main problem is that politicians mistrust what they do not understand. Now if lobbyists from the pharma do not want to help them understand, then there is little hope for primal prevention to be promoted by state authorities.
Our main problem is that politicians mistrust what they do not understand. Now if lobbyists from the pharma do not want to help them understand, then there is little hope for primal prevention to be promoted by state authorities.
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Acknowledgements: I like to thank David, Leslie & Beatrice, Odile and Matthew, who generously helped me establish the first English version (2016) of www.preventionprimale.org (2014).
Acknowledgements: I like to thank David, Leslie & Beatrice, Odile and Matthew, who generously helped me establish the first English version (2016) of www.preventionprimale.org (2014).