EPA EMBRACES HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING WITHOUT SAFEGUARDS
Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”— No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses
Washington, DC —In a notice slated for publication in the Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will formally adopt an open door policy of accepting experiments conducted by pesticide companies and chemical manufacturers using human subjects, according to a draft posted by EPA late last Friday. At the same time, the agency is indefinitely delaying development of ethical rules to protect test subjects, instead relying on its political appointees to flag immoral or unsafe practices on a “case-by-case” basis.
“At the request of chemical companies seeking to justify higher exposure limits, EPA will sanction dosing of infants, pregnant women and other vulnerable persons with commercial poisons,” stated Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Executive Director Jeff Ruch....
I wonder if Jenna and NotJenna would volunteer. This way they could avoid the draft.
I don't know how you all feel, but it is starting to unravel.
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How droll, CommenSense is lurking again.
Commonsense,
I caught your post before you removed it.
Fanatical? Me fanatical? Saddened maybe.
If you want my opinion on abortion, go to the discussion at http://loyopp.typepad.com/. But I am asking you to be civil there as you will be a guest.
P.S. Why don't you write a serious article?
Commonsense,
If asking someone not to write ballistically is fanaticism, then I stand accused of fanaticism.
My response to the question of abortion is very long and documented, thus my referral to the other site. Asking you to click to another site is not a lack of fortitude.
Yes, I am fanatical. I am fanatically committed to children. And I will fight everyone whom I see destroying their wellbeing to the last ounce of my being.
Enough said.
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