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NNadir

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:05 AM Feb 2026

31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society...

...journal, by my count, are authored, exclusively, by scientists with Chinese names.

Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 60 Issue 3.

The good news is that Chinese scientists take environmental issues very seriously.

The bad news, for our country, is that American scientific dominance has fallen from preeminence and is, unsurprisingly, as our country is "led" by an ignorant orange pedophile, in free fall.

It's not just in environmental science, of course, but nonetheless that science is key to human survival.

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31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society... (Original Post) NNadir Feb 2026 OP
Back in the 80s-90s KT2000 Feb 2026 #1

KT2000

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:51 AM
Feb 2026

the Russians and Nordic countries were known for having better environmental research. In America, moneyed interests have influence that limits research, can stop it, and also use smear campaigns to discredit researchers who have unfavorable findings. Our own Defense Department has a lot of influence as well.

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