Ep. 148 Side Quests 1: Frenchmen and Killer High Schools

Petri Dish

Hi Everyone! This is the first episode in a periodic series we're going to do called 'side quests'. Sometimes we come across science stories that aren't quite enough to do a full episode on, but are interesting and fun to talk about! So from now on we'll occasionally present them as a series of shorter stories within an episode! In this episode, we'll discuss a competitor of Louis Pasteur, a high school that appears to be the center of a cluster of brain tumors, and a historical example of unethical experiments on prisoners incarcerated in the USA.

References:

• https://medium.com/an-idea/microzymian-theory-or-the-germ-theory-of-disease-c560ac2bcf8e
• https://www.wired.com/story/the-19th-century-crank-who-tried-to-tell-us-about-the-microbiome/
• https://nj1015.com/frank-pallone-calls-for-more-action-on-colonia-high-school-brain-tumor-cluster-investigation/
• https://www.nj.com/news/2022/05/parents-demand-remote-school-option-as-fears-over-brain-tumor-cluster-mount.html
• https://harvardcrcl.org/the-shackles-of-science-the-exploitative-use-of-prisoners-in-scientific-studies/
• https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2008/mar/15/cheaper-than-chimpanzees-expanding-the-use-of-prisoners-in-medical-experiments/