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Should the search for the source of salmonella be left to the free market?
If the free market can solve trade regulation problems, wouldn't this be a good test?
My sense is no, that Agri-biz is too far separated from the consumer in this case as in many other (less threatening) problems.
4 AnswersOther - Politics & Government1 decade agohow many "generations" old is our solar system?
I understand that the solar system is at least one generation old since it contain heavy elements that could only have formed in the nuclear reactions inside a "parent" star. But do we know (can we know) how many times this material has cycled through the the star formation process?
4 AnswersAstronomy & Space1 decade agoI found a heavy black rock; what is it?
Hardness > 6 (scratches quartz crystal)
Color - Black
Fracture/cleavage (I have not broken it) appears blocky
Streak -black (scratched with diamond)
Very weakly ferro-magnetic (using NeFeB magnet)
Density - about like Iron (not precisely measured)
Sample found in California north central sierra creek gravel.
8 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology1 decade agoWhat is the difference between Auger and XPS surface analysis techniques?
2 AnswersPhysics1 decade agoWhy is global warming a bad thing?
Is it just that change is bad, or is there really a value system that can be identified that makes warming bad and no change in climate "good"
7 AnswersEnvironment1 decade agoWhy would my cat eat cactus, coffee beans and cigarette butts?
I know "because it's wierd" but how normal is this? Am I just inexperienced and real "cat people" know this stuff?
14 AnswersCats1 decade agoUnder what conditions does Hexavalent CrOx form on NiChrome?
If I have nichrome metal (80:20 Ni:Cr) in the work environment, do I (or under what conditions do I) need to be worrying about forming Cr(VI)?
2 AnswersChemistry1 decade agoUnder what conditions does Hexavalent CrOx form on NiChrome?
If I have nichrome metal (80:20 Ni:Cr) in the work environment, do I (or under what conditions do I) need to be worrying about forming Cr(VI)?
1 AnswerEnvironment1 decade ago