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THE EMBRYO PROJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA

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

 
 

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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 SubstancesMaternal HealthPre-Eclampsia

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…
EugenicsReproductive SterilizationForced Sterilization

Eugenics Board of North Carolina (1933–1977)

Jun 05, 2026
In 1933, an act of the North Carolina legislature created the Eugenics Board of North Carolina, or EBNC, to oversee the practice of sterilization,…
EugenicsSterilization, InvoluntarySterilization, Reproductive

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