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Former MDPI CEO Dr. Franck Vazquez joins Frontiers

Frontiers

in molecular genetics in 2004 and an M.Sc. in biochemistry and molecular biology in 2001. Using the latest technology, platforms, and services, Frontiers’ team of more than 750 employees aims to unlock science through open-access. The University of Lille awarded Dr. Vazquez a Ph.D.

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A Triumph and Disgrace: The Very Slow Road to Banning Asbestos

Union of Concerned Scientists

After heavy lobbying by the chemical industry, which still uses asbestos diaphragms to produce a third of the nation’s chlorine, it now may be up to 12 years before the last chlorine company converts to non-asbestos technology. The legacy of death and disease from disinformation and “disappeared” information haunts us to this day.

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Muons and streetlights: the six-decade quest to pinpoint the value of g-2

Physics World

With data collection complete in 2001, the result was published in 2004 and disagreed with theory by around 2.5 ? Each was undertaken for a different motive, each involved a different set of technologies, and each gave rise to results that had different implications. with an accuracy of 0.5 92 1618102 ). The critical point.

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'Badly Broken' Bayer postpones split to improve performance

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists, December, 2004). Application of Biotechnology for Functional Foods (Pew Initiative on Food & Biotechnology, May 2007).

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Roundup lawsuit: Bayer ordered to pay Pa. man $2.25B after jury finds weed killer caused cancer

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Application of Biotechnology for Functional Foods (Pew Initiative on Food & Biotechnology, May 2007).

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Monsanto ordered to pay $857 million to Washington school students and parent volunteers over toxic PCBs

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Application of Biotechnology for Functional Foods (Pew Initiative on Food & Biotechnology, May 2007).

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Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel

Corp Watch

parts/technology in the Turkish drones used by Azerbaijan to kill Armenian civilians in Artsakh, Armenian National Committee of America report. million to settle a securities fraud class-action lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors about the prospects for its information technology division, according to court papers.