Until then the West should export large quantities of desiccants and plastic storage bags to help at least cut some of the humidity, which can fog up mirrors and worse.

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Although improper storage such as using plastic bags rather than paper or exposing the evidence to too much humidity or heat can degrade DNA, Hagan says that current technology can even recover complete profiles from poorly stored evidence, the kind usually available in very old cases.

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But plastic bags, which emit gasses that tend to discolor clothes, aren't for storage over time.

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It has a plastic case with a thin, silvery border, twin front-mounted speakers and a storage slot for the stylus.

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They were given a storage room to sleep in -- there were no windows, no electricity and just a plastic sheet on the cold, damp cement floor.

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