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Category Archives: consumer protection
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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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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Dr. Oz and the Arsenic Thing (A Sequel)
Category: arsenic, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science
Tagged ABC, apple juice, arsenic, Dr. Oz, FDA, Mehmet Oz, Richard Besser, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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At the Door of the Loony Gas Building
Category: consumer protection, lead, science history, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook
Tagged Alexander Gettler, Charles Kettering, Charles Norris, Dupont, Jr., lead poisoning, leaded gasoline, loony gas, New York City Medical Examiner's Office, Standard Oil, Tetraethyl Lead, Thomas Midgley
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Playing Chicken with Arsenic
Category: arsenic, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science
Tagged A Reliable Wife, Alpharma, arsenic, Arsenic and Old Lace, arsenic trioxide, Bangladesh, Dorothy Sayers, FDA, Mary Ann Cotton, poultry feed, roxarsone, Strong Poison, The Los Angeles Times, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, white arsenic
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