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  "textContent": "Washington, DC's war on rats is taking a pharmaceutical turn. City health officials say they'll begin deploying edible birth-control bait in neighborhoods with heavy rodent activity, starting in Adams Morgan, alongside two types of traditional lethal bait—one that's eaten and one in powder form, per NBC Washington . DC Health...",
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