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"etymology_text": "From para- hydroxybenzoate.",
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"ref": "2007 February 19, “Products for the Skin (1 Letter)”, in New York Times:",
"text": "I got breast cancer this year, and now avoid products containing parabens.",
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"Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, wherein the hydrogen of a parahydroxybenzene molecule is replaced by an alkyl group"
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