Bizarrely, the new organic diet substantially increased exposure to one type of phthalate, DEHP, suggesting the study was probably contaminated, raising questions about all the data and its conclusions.

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There is no credible data indicating that fracturing of shale formations has ever contaminated drinking water.

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In contrast, there is no such requirement for commercial hens in the US. Consequently, according to FDA data, there are about 142, 000 illnesses every year caused by consuming eggs contaminated by the most common strain of salmonella.

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Some data is not really important because of obvious biases (the equipment failed, the reagents were contaminated, etc.).

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