Salt sellers challenge US health agency using data-quality act
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Health agencies in the United States are being leant on by the private sector to release the raw data that underpin disputed government regulation. The Data Quality Act, a law championed by the Bush administration, allows companies, activist groups and citizens to challenge government statements and rules, prompting correction if the government cannot demonstrate their scientific validity.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Stuck in New Jersey
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The author discusses different opinions of the scientists and politicians and the public voters about the development and funding of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. The presidential candidates have been unable to accumulate enough wealth by their campaigns to trigger the research.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2008
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Dolly: A decade on
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The birth of Dolly the sheep, the first mammalian clone to be created using the genetic material from an adult cell in 1997, has started a debate on the prospects for cloning humans. The progress observed in the embryonic stem-cell research since Dolly's birth is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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