Testing Pesticides on Babies, EPA Forced to Stop
Stephen L. Johnson, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Friday that he was canceling a study of the effects of pesticides on infants and babies, a day after two Democratic senators said they would block his confirmation if the research continued.......A recruiting flier for the program, called the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or Cheers, offered $970, a free camcorder, a bib and a T-shirt to parents whose infants or babies were exposed to pesticides if the parents completed the two-year study. The requirements for participation were living in Duval County, Fla., having a baby under 3 months old or 9 to 12 months old, and "spraying pesticides inside your home routinely."
The rest of the story about Bush's new EPA appointment is in the NY Times.
posted by majqa @ 12:51 PM
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OMG! What kind of parents would risk their children's safety like that?
What kind of parents would do this?
Poor,uneducated, alcohol/drug dependent, teenage, unmarried, no-future type of parents, that's who.
Hate to say it, but anon is right, and it also seems to be the target-market for "research" conducted.
The people Bush appoints to high positions these days are downright scary.
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