All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 80
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EPA probes its own dismissal of expert scientist
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an internal enquiry on its decision to remove toxicologist
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Regulator's doubts grow over bisphenol A
Canada's national public health agency, Health Canada, has become the first regulator in the world to label bisphenol A (BPA) as 'toxic'
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Environmental scientists report political interference
Hundreds of EPA researchers say they were told to alter their work
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EPA probes its own dismissal of scientist
Agency to investigate its own removal of toxicologist Deborah Rice amid a congressional enquiry
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Canada may brand bisphenol A 'toxic'
Retailers pull BPA bottles, as separate US study suggests 'some' concerns over cancer links
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FDA under pressure over Bisphenol A
Congressmen threaten to subpoena agency on decision not to restrict use of chemical in baby bottles
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US lawmakers subpoena EPA over global warming
Climate change committee demands papers after agency delays action on greenhouse gases
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GSK challenge to US patent rules successful
Patent office loses fight to introduce rules that pharma said would harm innovation
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Tight US budget hits chemistry research
NSF cuts university grants, NIST halts chemical lab programme
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Controversy over EPA removal of top toxicologist
Letters reveal ACC pushed for 'biased' chairwoman of scientific panel to go
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Doubts over US and EU nanosafety drives
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have recently stepped up efforts to monitor the potential impacts of nanotechnology on the environment and public health
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Security of US nuclear research facilities in doubt
Lax security at university research reactors and Los Alamos criticised by congressional watchdog
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Testing time for Canadian science advisers
Chemist Howard Alpert on what lies ahead for Canada's new science council
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Illinois lawmakers round on DOE over FutureGen
Political row erupts after DOE decides to pull out of flagship clean coal plant
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Bush budget proposal backs physical sciences
After cuts in 2008, plans to double budget revived
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NIH battles publishers over open access
Agency pushes ahead as publishers warn mandatory policy will disrupt peer review
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Patent delays mars bumper year for US university tech transfer
Spinouts, licensing and inventions up but patents down