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"Science for Hire -- Trial Over Plastic Exposes Disclosure Deficit"

A Texas trial is pitting the giant Eastman Chemical against two small labs who said
Eastman's "BPA-free" plastic Tritan still had estrogen-like activity. The trial raises key issues about whether the objectivity of science is skewed by who pays for it -- and whether financial interests should be disclosed.

Source: Reuters, 07/22/2013

"Federal Judge Denies BP Bid To Suspend Payments on Oil Spill Claims"

"A federal judge Friday denied British oil giant BP's bid for a preliminary injunction that would have allowed the company to temporarily suspend payments related to claims from the 2010 oil spill until an investigation into alleged fraud in the multibillion-dollar claims payment program is complete."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/22/2013

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