Friday, July 01, 2005

Fun with science, part III



Granted, we haven't reached a point akin to Galileo's experience with the Inquisition, but who knows what the next three and a half years will bring, let alone the next presidential election.

And while I'm on the topic of bacteria, the National Academy of Sciences has thumbed its collective nose at the Department of Health and Human Services in proceeding to publish the PNAS article analyzing the ease with which the US milk supply could be contaminated with botulinum toxin and the subsequent harm that would be inflicted on the public.

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