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The company's own tests, sanctioned by a department of health in Russia showed that radiation around the ear canal was indeed dramatically lowered.

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The company's own tests, sanctioned by the Department of Health the one in Russia showed that radiation around the ear canal was indeed dramatically lowered.

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