Agencies decry fuzzy science in bill
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Scientists claim a House bill aimed at reducing industry's regulatory burden would produce environmental policies based on faulty science. The bill would use risk-assessment and cost-benefit analyses based on the whole population or environment, rather than on the most susceptible segment.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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Hot field: neurotoxicology
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Natural excitotoxins, found in some foods such as mussels and legumes, can produce neurological disorders in those who eat them. Researchers are studying a link between these excitotoxins and such diseases as Huntington's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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Russian outpost readies for otherworldly quest
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The Vostok Station of the Antarctic is embarking on its most ambitious project of exploring an ancient giant lake. Lake Vostok is hundreds of thousands of years old and could yield exotic organisms adapted to its complete darkness.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1998
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