A study from 2009 examined the changes to the practice of FGM among the Bedouin population in Israel. The study was approved by Helsinki Ethics Committee of the Ben-Gurion University in Israel, and after receiving consent from each patient, Bedouin women under the age of 30 from areas wherein FGM had previously been reported were interviewed and examined for signs indicating female genital mutilation, yet reported no evidence of FGM or minor scarring. The study thus declared that female genital mutilation had been eradicated since the former study.