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Thu Jun-30-05 01:53 PM
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We did it! (Letter from Barbara Boxer) |
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We did it!
In less than 24 hours, more than 25,000 of you emailed and phoned your Senators, urging them to support our bipartisan amendment to reinstate the moratorium on human pesticide testing. Thanks to your vocal lobbying efforts, our amendment passed on the Senate floor by a vote of 60-37 Wednesday. You really helped turn the tide. Until the last few hours prior to the vote, we did not have the votes. But your personal advocacy changed that.
This a huge victory for ethics and morality in science, and a huge victory for the men, women, and children who would otherwise be subjected to these cruel and inhumane tests. I can't thank you enough for your help and support on this critical issue.
(This is a clip from her e-mail today!)
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DoveTurnedHawk
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Thu Jun-30-05 01:56 PM
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1. NOT WHAT KOS IS REPORTING |
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Thu Jun-30-05 02:00 PM
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It will be up to a House-Senate conference to decide whether Congress will go with the Boxer moratorium or the Burns approach, which is backed by EPA and pesticide companies.
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Thu Jun-30-05 02:00 PM
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3. so who were the 57 who voted for the Burns amendment? . . . |
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had to include some Democrats, no? . . .
someone should contact Boxer and ask her about the Burns amendment and what impact it has on the whole issue of testing pesticides on humans . . .
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Thu Jun-30-05 02:01 PM
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4. see earlier post, same letter |
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