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  • Published on: 9 January 2022
    Author's reply
    • Gideon Koren, Pediatrician, Director, Motherisk Program
    • Other Contributors:
      • Benjamin Bar Oz

    Dear Editor

    We wish to thank Dr Chambers for his interest in our paper.

    The tests performed in the hair and meconium are described in the Subjects and Methods section, referencing our original published work. With respect to the question regarding consent, one has to separate a test for clinical diagnosis from a research protocol. Samples are sent to us by several sources for clinical diagnosis: Children's Aid s...

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  • Published on: 9 January 2022
    Ethical aspects of paper of Bar-Oz et al.

    Dear Editor

    Nowhere in the paper is it mentioned either who gave consent for meconium and hair from newborns to be obtained nor to the tests which were performed on them. Presumably, it was obtained from a/the parent(s) or somebody given parental responsibility: perhaps this might be clarified?

    T L Chambers

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