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7 Serious Infections from Contaminated Food and Water Just Hanging Out (and I mean just hanging [...]
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Betadine is a Iodophor-type antiseptic I’ve often said that, in a major disaster, we may be [...]
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image by publicdomainpictures.net I have, on many occasions, written about the importance of good[...]
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Hey Prepper Nation, A significant factor in the quality of medical care given in a survival [...]
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Hey Prepper Nation, It’s just makes common sense that there will be sanitation issues in a [...]
Hey Prepper Nation, As a physician, my main focus is keeping people healthy. Given the [...]
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