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FDA in a fight against a flesh-eating paste

HOME REMEDY A man who's been selling bloodroot -- a naturally caustic substance that eats away at flesh -- as a treatment for cancer, is coming under fire by authorities

AP , ROCHELLE, GEORGIA

Michael Bradley of Monroe, Georgia, a Vietnam veteran who said he was exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange, said he decided to try Raber's paste after doctors confirmed he had a large melanoma on his upper back.

"It came out after 30 days," Bradley said. "It was very painful, but I'm still alive. I know a lot of people who didn't go that route and they're dead."

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