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The relation between consumption and risk is one of dose-response.
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Wong Seng Weng
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SINGAPORE - If you visit the website of the National Heritage Board, you may come across an article titled Against All Odds: Salted Fish In Cantonese Cuisine in Singapore.
It describes how, in 1934, the Sanitary Board in colonial Singapore banned the sale of salted fish in Lau Pa Sat because of its smell.
