Endocrine disruptors and asthma-associated chemicals in consumer products
2012 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on the chemical compounds present in 85 samples of household cleaning and personal care products.
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Quantifying global transfers of copyrighted content using BitTorrent
2011 study from Carnegie-Mellon University on BitTorrent online downloads of copyrighted material.
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Effect of dietary guidelines on the demand for whole-grain bread
2010 study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service on the impact of governmental dietary targets on consumer behavior.
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Reflective surfaces in urban areas: Global cooling?
2009 study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the potential benefits of increasing the reflectivity of urban surfaces such as pavement and roofs.
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The Impact of bisphenol A and triclosan on immune systems in the U.S. population
2011 University of Michigan study on the effects of triclosan, a common antibacterial agent, and bisphenol A on the functioning of the human immune system.
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Evaluating sugary drink nutrition and marketing to youth
2011 report by Yale University evaluating the claim that the consumption and marketing of sugary drinks is harmful to children and adolescents
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Facebook and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
2011 study published in the online journal First Monday on the online practices of 1,007 U.S. households with children, including age of initial registration and parental knowledge.
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Can prominence matter even in an almost frictionless market?
2011 paper from the University of Oxford published in the Economic Journal on the significance of page rankings in Internet search results.
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Population of bed bugs reveals mechanisms of resistance
2011 Virginia Tech study in PLoS One on genetic mutations in bedbugs and their growing resistance to control with insecticides.
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Consumer gadgets wipe out gains in energy efficiency
2011 report by the United Kingdom’s Energy Saving Trust on trends in home power consumption, future trends and consumer attitudes
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