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I was wondering the dangers of someone consuming white out paper corrector in small amounts each day, and why someone may do so?
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PICA: Eating paper corrector or other non-nutritional things is call pica disorder and is a psychological eating disorder. You should see about seeing a psychologist for treatment of this eating disorder.
Answered 8/9/2014
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