William Leiss

Scientist at the McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment,
University of Ottawa, CANADA.

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One of the big downsides of fracking for natural gas: Gangplank to a Warm Future http://t.co/63hfmdEvaq

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Fine jounalism, excellent story: A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA http://t.co/utXty6yZgt

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Duping the rubes, current edition: Japan's Temples, Universities, Hospitals Haunted by Yen Bets http://t.co/l70NzcpEnt

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If you read anything today, read this: Edward Snowden Interview: The NSA and Its Willing Helpers http://t.co/k4FO41HaG8 via @SPIEGELONLINE

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Good advice on Internet search risks: How to Detect Swindles and Spam Lurking in Your Search Results http://t.co/s6qvUPD3j4

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Interesting new angle on the oil sands debate: A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit http://t.co/H7bKeAL5P1

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Superb, long article: Living by the Numbers: Big Data Knows What Your Future Holds http://t.co/dxrCH511WT via @SPIEGELONLINE

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An astonishing risk mismanagement story, again: Japanese Reactor Is Said to Stand on a Fault Line http://t.co/Sqh3SxIfWe

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See this brilliant essay: Stanley Fish: Is the N.R.A. Un-American? http://t.co/rZSALXIieb

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A fast-growing risk: Cyberattacks Against U.S. Corporations Are on the Rise http://t.co/RHt9EDm3AR

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Great essay by Stiglitz, Canada not far off: The Great Divide: Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream http://t.co/lKO7acWG6l

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A milestone that will of course soon be passed: Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long-Feared Milestone http://t.co/ctNG3Dvo5l

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Read this important article: The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When http://t.co/Gu427KK69Z

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Superb humor: Computer Grading Feedback http://t.co/xd10JDajad via @NewYorker

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Delightful science story, with clever rats and human implications: Right Time and Place http://t.co/yozPaT3fiM

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Marvelous essay on philosophy, science,and fiction: The Stone: On Borges, Particles and the Paradox of the Perceived http://t.co/51n5gjCfhr

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A brand-new risk in financial markets! Twitter Speaks, Markets Listen, and Fears Rise http://t.co/HqpL26AHwQ

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See my essay on terrorism risk after Boston, from the Ottawa Citizen of April 22:
http://t.co/HBTkkEmFsv

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Keep an eye on this one: Report on 3 in China Who Died From Bird Flu Points to Severity of Strain http://t.co/jb4NXaEYAX

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Never-ending fiasco of mismanagement of risk at Fukushima: Mishaps Underscore Weaknesses of Japanese Nuclear Plant http://t.co/gMIlaVfbvd