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Bok
10-13-2011, 06:45 AM
Of the more than 80,000 chemicals used in the U.S., only 300 or so have ever undergone health and safety testing. In fact, only five chemicals have ever been restricted or banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But now some 10,000 agricultural and industrial chemicals--as well as food additives--will be screened for toxicity for the first time, with the help of a rapid-fire testing robot. [More] (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=robot-allows-high-speed-chemical-testing)

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