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But is there any comfort for consumers who now hesitate to pick any sort of product off a grocery or drugstore shelf? Psychologist Schueneman, who predicted the wave of copycat tamperings, provides a kind of backhand reassurance. He says, "I think it will be short-lived." His reasoning: before long, copycat tamperings will become so common that they will no longer provide thrill seekers with the excitement that they crave.
—By George J. Church. Reported by Lee Griggs/Chicago and Rita Healy/Denver