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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:39:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/lib-dem-councillor-caroline-pidgeon-falls-for-bogus-rentokil-story-in-the-london-assembly/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/lib-dem-councillor-caroline-pidgeon-falls-for-bogus-rentokil-story-in-the-london-assembly/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:51:36 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/lib-dem-councillor-caroline-pidgeon-falls-for-bogus-rentokil-story-in-the-london-assembly/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/03/lib-dem-councillor-caroline-pidgeon-falls-for-bogus-rentokil-story-in-the-london-assembly/feed/ 32 http://www.badscience.net/2010/02/obvious-quacks-the-tip-of-a-scary-medical-iceberg/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/02/obvious-quacks-the-tip-of-a-scary-medical-iceberg/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:09:09 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/02/obvious-quacks-the-tip-of-a-scary-medical-iceberg/ 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