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THE EMBRYO PROJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA

Recording and contextualizing the science of embryos, development, and reproduction

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Paul Bowman Popenoe (1888–1979)

Jun 12, 2026

Paul Bowman Popenoe was a researcher, writer, and social advocate who studied breeding in the United States during the twentieth century, first in…

Eugenics Reproductive Sterilization Forced Sterilization

Jack W. Leach v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (2005)

Jun 12, 2026

On 30 August 2001, approximately 80,000 people living in West Virginia and Ohio states filed a class-action lawsuit, alleging that DuPont’s…

PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Maternal Health Pre-Eclampsia

Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2873 (2019)

Jun 05, 2026

On 7 December 2018, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, or JPML, consolidated ninety lawsuits into the Aqueous Film-Forming…

Fluorocarbons PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Perfluorocarbon

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The Embryo Project is supported by the National Science Foundation, Arizona State University, Center for Biology and Society, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, and the MBL WHOI Library.