From the article.
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"We are not completely certain that there was no contamination," Mechare said.
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I hope that sounded better in Spanish.
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But a team of doctors sent to the isolated site, 3½ hours travel from the state capital of Puno, said they found no evidence the meteorite had sickened people, the Lima newspaper El Comercio reported Wednesday. See where the meteorite landed »
Modesto Montoya, a member of the team, was quoted as saying doctors also had found no sign of radioactive contamination among families living nearby, but had taken blood samples from 19 people to be sure.
He said fear may have provoked psychosomatic ailments.
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As Fazor also said, I suspect psychosomatic or some sort of mass hysteria.