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William Schaffner on U.S. egg safety

In summer 2010, about half a billion eggs were recalled in the U.S. due to suspected salmonella contamination. Dr. William Schafner talks about egg safety.

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Jeff Masters

Jeff Masters is director of Meteorology for weatherunderground.com, one of the most popular websites on weather. Dr. Masters has a Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Michigan. His early career includes teaching weather forecasting to undergraduates at the State University of New York, and he later flew with NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters as ... >>

Terry Hazen

Terry Hazen is a senior scientist and head of the Ecology Department at the Center for Environmental Biotechnology, part of the Microbial Communities Department of the Joint BioEnergy Institute at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and has authored more than 210 scientific publications. Dr. ... >>

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Eileen Shea serves as chief of the climate services division of the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration’s National Climatic Data Center, and also directs NOAA’s Integrated Data and Environmental Application Center. Her work involves improving the ways in which communities can access information about changing climate conditions, and use that information in day-to-day decisions. She ... >>

William Schaffner

William Schaffner, MD is professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He also is a consultant in communicable disease control at the Tennessee Department of Health. He is the co-PI of the Tennessee Emerging Infections Program (EIP), a ... >>

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Jim Cane is a research entomologist at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, based in Logan, Utah. He has been studying bee pollination in wild and agricultural settings for 30 years. Dr. Cane has applied his long-term interest in conservation to help measure, understand, and mitigate human factors that can shift nesting and foraging opportunities for ... >>

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