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    Your cover article on using magnetic fields to map and possibly treat brain disorders (“Snap, crackle, and feel good?” SN: 9/23/00, p. 204: Snap, Crackle, and Feel Good?) contrasted sharply with this article a few pages earlier about magnetic fields inducing cells to develop tumors. I would strongly suggest that both the science community and […]

    By Science News
  2. Earth

    Nonstick but not nontoxic

    A proliferating pollutant shed by nonstick products and surfactants caused neonatal deaths and developmental impairments in tests with rodents.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Earth

    Testing computers’ hazardous potential

    The approved test for evaluating the ability of wastes to leach toxic metals fails to identify lead risks from some electronics equipment.