To be CFS certified, one has to be audited by a third party to the requirements of the CFS protocol.

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To be a supplier to the electronics industry, unless one wants to avoid selling to the big guns, all companies will be caught in the CFS net as everyone in the supply chain will need to show their products flow back to a CFS certified smelter.

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Some doctors still believe CFS to be "all in the mind", although most now agree that to some degree it has a physical cause.

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