Ringworm affair
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ringworm-affair-246-15803362
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Ringworm affair
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The ringworm affair refers to circumstances involving an alleged number of 20,000 to 200,000 Jews who were treated between 1948 and 1960 for tinea capitis (ringworm) with ionizing radiation to the head and neck area within Israel. The population suffering from the disease in Israel at the time was composed primarily of newly-arrived immigrants and populations who were expected to emigrate, mostly from North Africa, as well as some from Middle East and elsewhere, but many Jewish children were irr
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworm_affair
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2024-03-21T18:02:57Z
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