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Michael A. Fumento, a prominent conservative commentator on health and science issues, said he agreed that some people who were very religious might still see parthenogenesis as “tampering” with human life, but he said that eliminating the fertilized egg from the process might convince some that this stem cell research could be justified...
...While Fumento said that he has been careful never to express an opinion on the morality of stem cell research in general, he said that he does take issue with the area of research that has received the most funding...
...Fumento added that even stem cell experts say that embryonic stem cell research may not yield clinic applications for many years...
...Masry and Brockovich are pressing on, still aglow from their legal and financial triumph celebrated in the movie. That victory has gone largely unchallenged, except by columnist and author Michael Fumento who, as early as 2000, documented some of the firm's questionable tactics. The suit, on behalf of Hinkley, California residents, focused on an ionized form of chromium called chromium-6, a rust inhibitor that was carelessly dumped by the giant utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, and seeped into the groundwater used by the town's residents. In bringing suit against PG&E, Brockovich's law firm charged that chromium...
...Critic Fumento hasn't let up. In a column syndicated by Scripps Howard last March, he took a penetrating look at the Beverly Hills furor. "Can you believe a California high school has suffered a shark attack?" he began. "How so? These sharks wear suits. Their names: paralegal Erin Brockovich and Attorney Ed Masry...