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.

Interpretation and construction, Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Health risk assessment, Environmental law

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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.

Research, Neurotoxic agents, Toxicology

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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.

Antarctica, Discovery and exploration, Antarctic regions, Lakes

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