But outside the scrupulous environs of a scientific study there are no regulations on how tests should be performed, or patients informed.

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Can you imagine President Bush calling for a bipartisan commission to study the business regulations and corporate tax structures of all countries?

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It was emphasised that nothing would be done which risked breaching European regulations, or offered a positive incentive to study outside of, rather than in, Scotland.

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In June 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new regulations on sunscreen, updates that took 34 years of study and deliberation to develop.

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In addition, the people who conducted the Harvard study apparently failed to interview a single one of the state regulators who have chosen to incorporate FracFocus into their state disclosure regulations.

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