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Advisory group recommends NIH kill controversial children's study

2014-12-13 07:06:45| Biotech - Topix.net

An influential advisory group this morning recommended that the National Institutes of Health cancel the National Children's Study , a controversial and long-delayed plan to follow the health of 100,000 U.S. children from birth to age 21. In a report released this morning at a meeting at NIH, a working group created by the NIH director's advisory committee concluded that "while the overall goals and intent [of the NCS] are meritorious and should be a priority for future scientific support, the NCS, as currently outlined, is not feasible." NIH Director Francis Collins has yet to respond to the recommendation, according to Science Insider's Jocelyn Kaiser, who is at the meeting.

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Dearborn Environmental Groups Seek to Overturn Controversial Emissions Permit

2014-12-08 13:20:12| Waste Management - Topix.net

DEARBORN, Mich. - In May, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality issued a controversial 2006 revised emissions permit to Severstal, a steel company located in the southend of Dearborn, an area considered to be in non-attainment for sulfur dioxide-which... [ News Source ]

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Wonga still using controversial ads

2014-11-18 01:01:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Payday lender Wonga continues to show adverts in Poland similar to those that were cancelled in the UK for being attractive to children.

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Ketchum on hot seat over controversial CARDS proposal

2014-11-11 02:47:36| Footwear - Topix.net

Finra has a way to go to convince the brokerage industry that a massive brokerage-account-information collection system will be good for the financial markets. At the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association annual conference in New York on Monday, the organization's leader said that it opposes the proposal, known as the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System.

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