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...investigation—and surrounding media controversy??occurred in response to allegations from a Washington D.C.-based non-profit, the Environmental Working Group (EWG). In a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a government organization which funded Douglass’ $1.3 million dollar study researching the potential link between fluoride and osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, the EWG claimed that Douglass’ final report contained “potential, serious misrepresentations of research results...
Introduced in February by State Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, the bill immediately generated controversy??Mass. Governor W. Mitt Romney vowed to veto it, arguing that creating embryos for scientific purposes could destroy human lives. Yet the bill sailed through the House and the Senate, easily surpassing the two-thirds margin necessary to override Romney’s veto...
During the spring, the admissions office made concerted efforts to address any possible fallout from the Summers controversy??which made headlines across the nation...
...that seems less organic to the structure of the film than an attempt to associate the narrative to broader anti-Bush anger. The links drawn between the president and Enron are interesting, but the accusation that Bush let Enron plunder California to bring down Gray Davis seems controversial for controversy??s sake, particularly in light of the slim evidence used for proof. Many scenes smack of afterthought, as if the filmmakers realized they needed to liven up some of the more tedious stretches with political controversy, random shots of Ahnold...
Barusch also referred to a “minor controversy?? that occurred earlier this year, in which some members of SAC questioned the BGLTSA’s role in the Foundation...