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A fact from Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 August 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories conducted more than one-third of all toxicology testing in the United States before it was discovered to have engaged in extensive scientific misconduct?

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Safety Problem: A Lab's Troubles Raise Doubts About Quality Of Drug Tests in U.S.; IBT Flunks Federal Exam, Loses Clients, and Causes A Furor in the Industry; Were There Deliberate Slips? Safety Problem: A Lab's Troubles Raise Doubts About Drug Testing. The Wall Street Journal (February 21, 1978, p. 1)
Sacramento Bee, October 1983
Doctor denies knowledge of faked lab data. Chicago Tribune. (September 15, 1983)
EPA study finds that 2/3 of all tests conducted by Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories to establish safety of 212 pesticides and herbicides now on market are invalid. The New York Times (May 12, 1983, p. 1)
Pesticides Fact Book
'Tested' pesticides' safety still in doubt. Chicago Tribune (May 3, 1981, p. B13)
Faulty data put pesticide safety in doubt. Chicago Sun-Times (March 17, 1991)
HARVEST OF POISON THE CHEMICALS IN OUR FOOD LAX REGULATIONS CITED BY CRITICS. Albany Times Union (May 17, 1987)
"Fraud...Again!" Boston Globe (June 1, 1983, p.7)
Since the Giant Fell. Linda Garmon. Sci. News, Vol 120 #1. (July 4, 1981)
Decision and Emergency Order Suspending the Registrations of All Pesticide Products Containing Dinoseb, 51 Fed. Reg. 36,634, 36,634 (Oct. 14, 1986)

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