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Forensics: Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide | Scientific American
FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t — Read on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/medical-sleuthing-identified-the-dangers-of-thalidomide/
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Forensics: Junk science kills. Texas’ declines to stop execution in Roberson shaken baby syndrome case | The Week
A Texas man lost his final appeal to avoid execution, based on a conviction his lawyers say is based on debunked junk science. — Read on theweek.com/law/texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
Forensics: More Bitemark BS From the Indian Subcontinent. Also Includes Other Dental Junk Methods.
Welcome to the world of pseudo-forensics. The entire body of the Indian forensic dental community is a circle of self affirming statements praising their skills. The entire 72 pages of this literature review has no citations. Its references are skewed … Continue reading
Forensics: Company says all is AOK with this. Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It | WIRED
Police around the US say they’re justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea. — Read on http://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/
Forensics: Wrongful conviction: Rosa Jimenez exonerated in Austin child’s death due to paper towel ingestion
In the years after Jimenez was wrongfully found guilty, medical evidence and testimony that led to her 2005 conviction was found to be false. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/story/news/2023/08/07/wrongful-conviction-rosa-jimenez-exonerated-in-austin-childs-death/70541801007/
Forensics: “Gloves off” Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer claiming junk opinions.
Johnson & Johnson has sued four doctors who published studies citing links between talc-based personal care products and cancer, escalating an attack on scientific studies that the company alleges are inaccurate. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/johnson-johnson-sues-researchers-who-linked-talc-cancer-2023-07-13/
Forensics failure: Queensland forensic DNA lab sacks managing scientist Cathie Allen after inquiry
The inquiry found Cathie Allen lied to her immediate supervisor and senior police about the work of the lab, which is the key point of testing DNA for criminal cases. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/qld-dna-lab-mortuary-chief-scientist-sacked/102390212
Forensics: When skull measurements considered ethnic superiority. Anténor Firmin challenged anthropology’s racist roots 150 years ago
In The Equality of the Human Races, Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin showed that science did not support division among the races. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/antenor-firmin-anthropology-racism-haiti
Forensics: This story never changes. The official who investigates suspicious deaths in your town may be a doctor — or not
“A coroner doesn’t have to ever have taken a science class in their life,” said Nancy Belcher, chief executive officer of the King County Medical Society, the group that met that day. — Read on http://www.chicagotribune.com/people/health/death-investigations-20221225-nbnylwxifvhwpo5xckruxc2bc4-story.html
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