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Nicholas Kristof and the Bad, Bad Chemical World
Category: chemistry, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science
Tagged Atrazine, autism, BPA, endocrine disruptors, herbicides, Momma Data, Nicholas Kristof, PFOA, Polly Palumbo, Round Up, toxins
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Cough Syrup, Dead Children, and the Case for Regulation
Category: consumer protection, science history, Speakeasy Science
Tagged anti-regulation, Arthur Kallet, diethylene glycol, Elixir Sulfanilamide, EPA, ethylene glycol, Ezra Klein, F.J. Schlink FDA, One Hundred Million Guinea Pigs, Pew Research Center, S.E. Massengill, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Download the (e-book) Universe
Category: science communication
Tagged Annalee Newitz, Brian Switek, Carl Zimmer, David Dobbs, Download the Universe, Ed Yong, Eric Michael Johnson, Jennifer Ouellete, John Hawks, John Timmer, Maggie Koerth-Baker, Maia Svalavitz, Sean Carroll, Steve Silberman, The Elements, tom levenson
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On rice and arsenic
Category: arsenic, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science
Tagged arsenic, arsenic poisoning, Brian Jackson, brown rice syrup, Dartmouth University, EPA, FDA, rice, rice and arsenic, USGS
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