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Nature 425, 116-117 (11 September 2003) | doi:10.1038/425116a
Science and law: Biotechnology at the bar
Nicola Nosengo1
- Nicola Nosengo is an intern in Nature's Munich office.
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Abstract
Science is moving too fast for the legal system to keep up. But lawyers and scientists have a solution — a body that would help courts tackle cases involving the latest research. Nicola Nosengo investigates.
This October, Franklin Zweig will face one of the most difficult cases in his career as a judge. A radioactive, mercury-laden waste sludge has been deposited on both banks of a river that forms the border between two countries.
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