The current issue of Technology and Innovation, Journal of the National Academy of Inventors focuses on old but important issues in health-related environmental research, illuminates new trends, including rewarding patents born of humanitarian vision, and puts continuing arguments, such as those about organic vs. conventional foods and the real value of scientific peer review, under the microscope. In “Asbestos Exposures Associated with Motorcycle Riding and Hiking on Asbestos-Containing Soils: Risk of Asbestos-Related Cancer,” researchers focused on the public health hazard posed by asbestos in the soil of the motorcycle riding and hiking trails in the Clear Creek Management Area in California.
