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Defra bans requests
>>> requests.get('http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/datastore/pcb/2010_TOMPs_PCB_Data.xlsx', headers={'User-agent': 'python-requests'})
<Response [403]>
>>> requests.get('http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/datastore/pcb/2010_TOMPs_PCB_Data.xlsx', headers={'User-agent': 'python-request'})
<Response [200]>
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