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H. Jack Geiger, Doctor Who Fought Against Social Injustice, Dies at 95 via New York Times

Posted on 2021/01/05 by nfield

Dec. 28, 2020 Dr. H. Jack Geiger, who ran away to Harlem as a teenager and emerged a lifelong civil rights activist, helping to bring medical care and services to impoverished regions and to start two antiwar doctors groups that … Continue reading →

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Post-Fukushima ‘anti-radiation’ pills condemned by scientists via The Guardian

Posted on 2011/11/21 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The Green party‘s former science and technology spokesman is promoting anti-radiation pills to people in Japan affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, that leading scientists have condemned as “useless”. Dr Christopher Busby, a visiting professor at the University of Ulster, is championing … Continue reading →

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