Delayed-Type Food Allergy and Chronic Fatigue
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In the summer of 1982 I attended a conference on American coal exports to the Pacific Rim. As chairman of a large oil brokerage firm I was looking for profitable areas of diversification. At that time, coal was considered a viable alternative to oil. Supplying Japanese companies seemed a logical expansion for my firm, which was already strategically positioned in the Japanese spot oil market. Little did I know how much of an impact this seemingly ordinary event would later come to have on my life.
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