NTP scientists sourced some samples from store shelves, picking up products the EPA told them were the top sellers, he said.
With decisions being made by administrators, who are not necessarily scientists, sources say they don't even know themselves what goes into these ultimate decisions of what to approve for sale.
On one hand we see reports about the massive dearth of data scientist (Source: McKinsey's Big Data report), on the other hand, the work they are doing is hardly being leveraged.
And I am especially wary of pallying up with scientists – our sources – in order to reach a cosy consensus on the issue.
In Britain, the suicide of a senior weapons scientist, the source for a BBC report that the government "sexed up" its charges against Iraq, has overshadowed all else.
The new study is the latest to conclude that relying on renewables alone is a very expensive way to clean up the grid, contradicting the view of some scientists that sources like wind and solar could affordably fulfill most electricity demands (see "Scientists sharply rebut influential renewable-energy plan").
Created by EMBO in February 2004, the consultancy offers a series of searchable databases pointing European life scientists to sources of funding, training, jobs, and possible collaborators, useful for those wanting to stay put as well as those on the move.
Evolution has also helped scientists identify sources of lifesaving drugs.
Post-genomics knowledge is simultaneously co-produced at multiple scales and locales by scientists, crowd-sourcing and biological citizens.
Investigating scientists traced the source of the poisoning to soil contaminated with lead which had been dumped in water sources by miners.
