Guest guest Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 D Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:55:12 -0000 [Air_America_Radio] EPA Testing Pesticides on Babies Just when you thought the Bush regime could get no creepier... Short version: The EPA had a program for testing pesticides on babies in low income families in Florida, but stopped due to public outcry last year. Wednesday Barbara Boxer asked EPA nominee-in-chief Stephen L. Johnson to promise to NOT resume the program. He refused. She threatened to hold up his nomination. See the New York Times article below, or at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/politics/07enviro.html I also caught some of Boxer's comments on this on Ed Schultz last night. She said we know enough about how pollution affects kids that the government should be warning parents NOT to expose babies to pesticides--instead of paying them to do it. BTW, catch the name of the program, Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or Cheers! Yikes! Keep Listening to Air America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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