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US says scientist gave data to China

Westborough man faces 12 charges; Trade secrets of Dow at issue

By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / July 20, 2010

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WORCESTER — A scientist from Westborough passed on trade secrets worth more than $100 million to China about a commercial insecticide developed by Dow Chemical Co. , said a federal prosecutor, who described Kexue Huang yesterday as one of only a handful of people ever charged by the United States with economic espionage to benefit a foreign government. (Full article: 944 words)

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