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As part of a laboratory experiment, Rebecca Holmes examined water bottles that had been acquired from abroad expecting to find bisphenol A (BPA), a human-made component commonly found in polycarbonate plastics used to make consumer products.
What she found, however, was that those water bottles were just fine, yet some control bottles purchased in the United States and supposedly BPA-free actually contained traces of the chemical now thought to negatively impact heart health.
Holmes, a researcher formerly in the laboratory of Hong-Sheng Wang, PhD, professor in the University of Cincinnati Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, was working on her master s degree in molecular, cellular and biochemical pharmacology in the College of Medicine at the time.
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The search for the first-ever externally hired chief of the Columbus Division of Police has moved one step closer to completion.
Following the demotion of Thomas Quinlan from the chief position in late January, the city launched another nationwide search for a chief.
The new job posting closed on Friday and the city received 34 applications in total. Among those applicants is Perry Tarrant, who was a finalist for the job in 2019 with Quinlan. There are at least three candidates from within the Division who applied for the job, including two current deputy chiefs.
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has publicly said on multiple occasions that he will not consider an internal candidate for the position. Ginther has said he is looking for a change agent who will be able to enact meaningful reform within the division, which employs about 1,900 sworn personnel.
Yet bans pegged to the “fetal heartbeat” concept have been signed into law in 13 states, including Cackovic’s home state of Ohio. None has taken effect, with all but the most recently enacted being struck down or temporarily blocked by the courts. Now, one of the most restrictive, signed by Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee last year, goes before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday.
Proponents of these so-called “heartbeat bills” are hoping for a legal challenge to eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, where they look for the conservative coalition assembled under President Donald Trump to end the constitutional right to abortion protected under the high court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.