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Brianna Rego
I am a doctoral candidate in the History of Science in the Department of History at Stanford University. My Ph.D. in the history of science concentrates on late-twentieth century and contemporary history of science and science policy. My dissertation is a history of the tobacco industry's internal research programs on polonium-210, cadmium, and nitrosamines in cigarettes. In addition to my work in the history of science, I have also done research in paleobiology and completed a M.S. degree in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences in 2010.
My work on polonium in tobacco was distributed to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives by the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids and helped influence legislation for FDA regulation of tobacco."Radioactive Smoke: A Dangerous Isotope Lurks in Cigarettes" was published in January 2011 in Scientific American
"The Polonium Brief: A Hidden History of Cancer, Radiation, and the Tobacco Industry" was published in September 2009: Isis, 2009100:453-484 PDF
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