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Chemistry World
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Chemistry World
May 13, 2011
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Synthetic cannabis drug test US researchers have developed a new urine test for detecting and quantifying some of the metabolites associated with synthetic cannabis. |
Science News
March 28, 2009 |
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U.S. CPSC
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BusinessWeek
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The Big Business of Synthetic Highs Synthetic drugs that use legal compounds but mimic the highs of everything from marijuana to cocaine are proliferating among do-it-yourself pharma labs across the country. Bad trips - and fatal side effects - are increasing, too. |
U.S. CPSC
January 31, 2011 |
CDC Review Finds No Link Between Problem Drywall and 11 Reported Deaths The CDC review confirms the results of previous reviews conducted by CPSC into these deaths, which also found no link to problem drywall. |
Chemistry World
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Chemistry World
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U.S. CPSC
March 16, 2004 |
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Fast Company
February 2004
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The Cannabis Conundrum As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help). |
Chemistry World
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Brewing up Synthetic Yeast Yeast with synthetic genomes could be very useful for medicinal chemists and drug companies. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2008
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The Motley Fool
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U.S. CPSC
March 15, 2005 |
National Poison Prevention Week Warnings About 78,000 children under five years old visited U.S. hospital emergency rooms due to unintentional poisonings from household products in 2003 -- about one every seven minutes. Parents and caretakers are given suggestions on how to reduce this rate. |
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