Daily Grist: fed. chemical testing/inadequate

May 30, 2007

At 12:06 PM 5/30/07, you wrote:

>Testing, Testing ... Is This Thing On?

>Federal chemical testing program inadequate, scientists say

>

>In 1996, Congress mandated that the U.S. EPA launch a chemical testing

>program within three years. My, how time flies. The Endocrine Disruptor

>Screening Program is now set to begin in 2008 -- and shockingly, critics

>say it panders to Big Chemical. They point to the EPA's plans to only do

>high-dosage tests, despite evidence that low-dosage exposure to some

>chemicals can be harmful. The agency also plans to either use a rat breed

>known to be insensitive to some chemicals, or to let companies pick which

>kind of rat they want tested. Also, the program may not test for effects

>of prenatal exposure. Speaking of that, a panel of 200 leading scientists

>recently declared that fetuses are more susceptible to many common

>chemicals than previously thought, leading to babies born vulnerable to

>everything from diabetes to attention deficit disorders to prostate

>cancer. The panel urged world leaders to stop dilly-dallying and toughen

>up regulations. Wonder if they ran that by the chemical industry first?

>

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>

>straight to the source: The Dallas Morning News, Sue Goetinck Ambrose, 27

>May 2007

>

>straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Marla Cone, 25 May 2007

>

>see also, in Grist: Chemicals play a big role in breast-cancer cases, says

>report

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