Low Income Children Will Be EPA Guinea Pigs

[Tony_Illinois]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to launch an outrageous new study in which participating low income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides over the course of two years. For taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of appreciation. The study, entitled CHEERS (Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study), will look at how chemicals can be ingested, inhaled or absorbed by children ranging from babies to 3 years old.

Please take a moment to follow this link and join tens of thousands of citizens in petitioning the EPA to terminate this study prior to its proposed launch in early 2005.

More information, related newspaper headlines, and petitions here:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm

[seafey]

1. Actually they've backed down on this since this came out. nt

[seafey]

2. Had to find the link... here it is...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2895129

[Tony_Illinois]

3. Due To Suspicion and Critcism, the plan is being "reviewed" . . .

a report will be made to the EPA in Spring, 2005. Based upon the results of the review, the EPA may refine the program's details--but the program is NOT being cancelled. See link below for EPA explanation of this postponement.

http://www.epa.gov/cheers/images/panel_memo.pdf