Science - USA (2022-02-04)

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FEATURES

DNA barcoding brought botanist Steven Newmaster

scientific fame and entrepreneurial success. Was it all based on fraud?

FAILING THE TEST

Almost overnight, a 2013 paper made Steven Newmaster an expert on the verification of food and supplements.

By Charles Piller