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    1. 40 years ago this month Americans panicked over cranberry safety: scientists reflect on the anniversary of the first :Carcinogen" panic of the century

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) (author)
    Format:
    Press release
    Publication Date:
    1999-11-16
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 110 Document Number: C10576
    Journal Title Details:
    2 pages
    Notes:
    American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), 1995 Broadway, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10023-5860

    2. :Letter: The Lancet criticised by the Royal Society

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Klug, Aaron (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    1999-11-13
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05886
    Journal Title:
    Lancet
    Journal Title Details:
    354 : 1729
    Notes:
    Letter to the editor regarding publication of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai regarding effects of genetically modified potatoes on rat small intestines.

    4. Frankenfears

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Coghlan, Andy (author), Concar, David (author), and MacKenzie, Debora (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1999-02-20
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: C16133
    Journal Title:
    New Scientist
    Notes:
    2 p.

    6. Letter: Controversy surrounding genetically modified (GM) foods

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fisken, Roger A. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    1999-11-13
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05885
    Journal Title:
    Lancet
    Journal Title Details:
    354 : 1729
    Notes:
    Letter to the editor criticizes lay media for "scaremongering and sheer nonsense" on a variety of medical and scientific topics.

    7. Letter: Reporting of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Feldbaum, Carl B. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    1999-11-13
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05884
    Journal Title:
    Lancet
    Journal Title Details:
    354 : 1729
    Notes:
    In letter to the editor, Lancet is criticized by a representative of the Biotechnology Industry Organization for placing politics and tabloid sensationalism above its responsibility to report and assess new science.

    8. The never-ending story of dioxin

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Friedman, Sharon M. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    1999
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19626
    Notes:
    Pages 113-136 in Sharon M. Friedman, Sharon Dunwoody and Carol L. Rogers (eds.), Communicating uncertainty: media coverage of new and controversial science. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahwah, New Jersey. 277 pages.