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February 2012

Mind the Science Gap: What’s that smell? Worker exposures in nail salons

February 28, 2012

This article is Cross Posted from Mind the Science Gap. Under the guidance of the Risk Science Center’s director Andrew Maynard, for ten weeks between January and April 2012, Ten Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan will post weekly articles, translating complex sciences into accessible science communication for a broad audience. [...]

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Mind the Science Gap: Oil and Water…and Dirt

February 24, 2012

This article is Cross Posted from Mind the Science Gap. Under the guidance of the Risk Science Center’s director Andrew Maynard, for ten weeks between January and April 2012, Ten Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan will post weekly articles, translating complex sciences into accessible science communication for a broad audience. [...]

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Mind the Scienge Gap: Beach Bums! Gastrointestinal Distress from Sand?

February 22, 2012

This article is Cross Posted from Mind the Science Gap. Under the guidance of the Risk Science Center’s director Andrew Maynard, for ten weeks between January and April 2012, Ten Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan will post weekly articles, translating complex sciences into accessible science communication for a broad audience. [...]

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RSC Member Shobita Parthasarathy's Influential Book Now Out In Paperback

February 20, 2012

Shobita Parthasarathy is an Associate Professor at University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. She is also a member of the Risk Science Center and sits on our Internal Advisory Board. Dr. Parthasarathy is currently on sabbatical as a Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation. Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of [...]

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Mind the Science Gap: Why Don’t More Kids Get Flu Shots?

February 16, 2012

This article is Cross Posted from Mind the Science Gap. Under the guidance of the Risk Science Center’s director Andrew Maynard, for ten weeks between January and April 2012, Ten Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan will post weekly articles, translating complex sciences into accessible science communication for a broad audience. [...]

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Mind the Science Gap: The Science Influencing the CDC Panel Recommendation for the HPV Vaccine for Boys

February 15, 2012

This article is Cross Posted from Mind the Science Gap. Under the guidance of the Risk Science Center’s director Andrew Maynard, for ten weeks between January and April 2012, Ten Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan will post weekly articles, translating complex sciences into accessible science communication for a broad audience. [...]

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Planned Parenthood (lowercase): The Cure for Poverty

February 4, 2012

“There is a cure for poverty.  It is a rudimentary one, it does work, though.  It works everywhere, and for the same reason.  It’s colloquially called ‘the empowerment of women.’  It’s the only thing that does work.  If you allow women control over their cycle of reproduction, so that they are not chained by their [...]

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