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Nature 446, 958-959 (26 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446958a; Published online 25 April 2007
Regulators pull contract for chemical review
Geoff Brumfiel
When US government regulators hired the firm Sciences International to help review a potentially dangerous chemical, they almost certainly didn't intend to ignite a political firestorm.But the company's links to the chemical industry have enraged environmentalists and forced the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to pull the contract.
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