Turkish Scientist Sentenced to Prison for Publishing Paper Linking Pollution to Cancer

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By Jordan DavidsonOct 2, 2019, 11:53 am80 pts
A Turkish food engineer, columnist and human rights advocate was sentenced to 15 months in prison last week for publishing an environmental paper that linked pollution to a high incidence of cancer in Western Turkey, according to Science Magazine. None The court in Istanbul found that Bülent Şık, former…

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