moldy science & beverages too

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Echoes of pharma virtually owning the CDC.

Echoes of the CDC contracting for the IOM's predetermined thimerosal

conclusions.

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9 January

Amid suits over mold, experts wear two hats.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116831654647871083.html

A scientific position paper has become a key defense tool wielded by

builders and landlords in litigation over mold-related illness. One point

that rarely emerges: The paper was written by paid experts for the

defense.

Wall Street Journal.

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9 January

Beverage studies may follow the money too closely.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-01-08-nutrition-bias_x.htm

Nutrition studies are more likely to tout the health benefits or downplay

concerns about soft drinks, juice and milk when they are financed by

manufacturers and industry groups than when they are paid for by impartial

sources.

USA Today.