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13 Nov 2004 03:46:14 PM |
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OT - EPA will use poor kids as guinea pigs |
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush
appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low
income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides
over the course of two years. 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.
For taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a
free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of
appreciation.
In October, the EPA received $2 million to do the study from the
American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry front group that
includes members such as Dow, Exxon, and Monsanto (see full list of
members on sidebar of this page). Critics of the research claim the
study's funders guarantee the results will be biased in favor of the
chemical industry, at the expense of the health of the impoverished
children serving as test subjects.
Participants for the study were chosen from 6 health clinics and three
hospitals in Jacksonville, FL. These medical facilities report that
51% of their births are to non-white mothers and 62% of mothers have
only received an elementary or secondary education.
The EPA's Linda Sheldon says the study is vital, because so little is
known about how small children's bodies absorb harmful chemicals.
Important Note on Participants of Study: The study layout does not
require that participants increase their chemical use, but does
mandate that chosen applicants will need to demonstrate that they do
regularly use toxic chemicals in and around the home. The concern here
is that low income applicants may increase their toxic chemical use
for the sake of applying and being eligible for the funding.
Important Note on Suspension of the Study: On November 11th, the EPA
announced suspension of the study's launch until early 2005 for the
sake of "final review." The Organic Consumers Association is taking
this opportunity to call on the nation's citizens to demand the EPA
permanently terminate this abuse of low income children by the
chemical industry.
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| User: "Ike" |
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13 Nov 2004 04:56:54 PM |
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"Meteorite Debris" <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c0124adc465a528989f47@news.optusnet.com.au...
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush
appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low
income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides
over the course of two years. 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.
For taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a
free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of
appreciation.
In October, the EPA received $2 million to do the study from the
American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry front group that
includes members such as Dow, Exxon, and Monsanto (see full list of
members on sidebar of this page). Critics of the research claim the
study's funders guarantee the results will be biased in favor of the
chemical industry, at the expense of the health of the impoverished
children serving as test subjects.
Participants for the study were chosen from 6 health clinics and three
hospitals in Jacksonville, FL. These medical facilities report that
51% of their births are to non-white mothers and 62% of mothers have
only received an elementary or secondary education.
The EPA's Linda Sheldon says the study is vital, because so little is
known about how small children's bodies absorb harmful chemicals.
Important Note on Participants of Study: The study layout does not
require that participants increase their chemical use, but does
mandate that chosen applicants will need to demonstrate that they do
regularly use toxic chemicals in and around the home. The concern here
is that low income applicants may increase their toxic chemical use
for the sake of applying and being eligible for the funding.
Important Note on Suspension of the Study: On November 11th, the EPA
announced suspension of the study's launch until early 2005 for the
sake of "final review." The Organic Consumers Association is taking
this opportunity to call on the nation's citizens to demand the EPA
permanently terminate this abuse of low income children by the
chemical industry.
Shocking. Neo-Nazis gone berserk.
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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13 Nov 2004 05:13:49 PM |
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Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1c0124adc465a528989f47@news.optusnet.com.au:
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
No, it's not a parody, it's just the usual kind of slanted propaganda
put out by anti-industrial "environmental" groups.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
http://www.epa.gov/cheers/basic.htm
What will I be asked to do?
* Participants are not required to use pesticides or to change any
of their regular household routines or how they normally use bug sprays
(pesticides).
* Allow two of our researchers to visit you at your home every 3 to
6 months for two years. If pesticides are used, notify researchers to
arrange a time at your convenience to conduct study activities before
and after the use of pesticides. The visit will take approximately 2
hours per day or per visit.
* Videotape (the video camcorder will be provided) some of your
child’s activities and keep an activity diary about your child.
* Allow your child to wear a small watch size activity sensor during
the study period. (Approximately 1 week every 3 - 6 months)
* Help to collect some samples of food and urine. Our research staff
will show you how to do this and provide you with needed supplies.
* Keep track of your home pesticide and cleaning products use.
Is there any risk to me and my family?
No. You and your child will not experience any risks from
participating in this study.
o We will not ask any parent to apply pesticides in their home
to be a part of this study.
o You are not required to change any of your regular household
routines.
Researchers at EPA are very sensitive to issues associated with
children participating in this study. The study protocol has been
reviewed and approved by four independent institutional review boards
for the protection of human participants.
<...>
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Save Your Dixie Cups, The South Will Rise Again!
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| User: "Jez" |
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13 Nov 2004 06:13:16 PM |
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Fred Stone wrote:
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1c0124adc465a528989f47@news.optusnet.com.au:
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
No, it's not a parody, it's just the usual kind of slanted propaganda
put out by anti-industrial "environmental" groups.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
http://www.epa.gov/cheers/basic.htm
What will I be asked to do?
* Participants are not required to use pesticides or to change any
of their regular household routines or how they normally use bug sprays
(pesticides).
* Allow two of our researchers to visit you at your home every 3 to
6 months for two years. If pesticides are used, notify researchers to
arrange a time at your convenience to conduct study activities before
and after the use of pesticides. The visit will take approximately 2
hours per day or per visit.
* Videotape (the video camcorder will be provided) some of your
child’s activities and keep an activity diary about your child.
* Allow your child to wear a small watch size activity sensor during
the study period. (Approximately 1 week every 3 - 6 months)
* Help to collect some samples of food and urine. Our research staff
will show you how to do this and provide you with needed supplies.
* Keep track of your home pesticide and cleaning products use.
Is there any risk to me and my family?
No. You and your child will not experience any risks from
participating in this study.
o We will not ask any parent to apply pesticides in their home
to be a part of this study.
o You are not required to change any of your regular household
routines.
Researchers at EPA are very sensitive to issues associated with
children participating in this study. The study protocol has been
reviewed and approved by four independent institutional review boards
for the protection of human participants.
There's no such thing as a 'independent institutional review board'.
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
Skype callto://hellward
NFS Porsche Unleashed, Hot Pursuit 2, Underground.
Yeowww
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| User: "Bob Dog" |
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14 Nov 2004 05:43:15 AM |
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Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1c0124adc465a528989f47@news.optusnet.com.au>...
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush
appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low
income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides
over the course of two years. 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.
So they figured out it's better to ask for permission
rather than doing it without consent as they did in the
past (radiation in Utah, the CIA's drug experiments on
Canadians, forced sterilization of the mentally disabled,
syphilis in blacks, forced administering of experimental
drugs on soldiers, etc.).
It's probably a matter of accountability and being unable
to keep it secret. If you don't agree, remember that this
week the US government started to admit that Gulf War
Syndrome exists.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4167675
Bob Dog
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| User: "Jez" |
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14 Nov 2004 11:56:30 AM |
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Bob Dog wrote:
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1c0124adc465a528989f47@news.optusnet.com.au>...
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush
appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low
income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides
over the course of two years. 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.
So they figured out it's better to ask for permission
rather than doing it without consent as they did in the
past (radiation in Utah, the CIA's drug experiments on
Canadians, forced sterilization of the mentally disabled,
syphilis in blacks, forced administering of experimental
drugs on soldiers, etc.).
It's probably a matter of accountability and being unable
to keep it secret. If you don't agree, remember that this
week the US government started to admit that Gulf War
Syndrome exists.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4167675
Quick list....
http://www.rense.com/general36/history.htm
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
Skype callto://hellward
NFS Porsche Unleashed, Hot Pursuit 2, Underground.
Yeowww
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| User: "Bob Dog" |
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20 Nov 2004 02:54:56 AM |
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Jez <iced_spear@NODAMNSPAMpipex.com> wrote in message news:<7pidnaHNmf3QAQrcRVnyjw@pipex.net>...
Bob Dog wrote:
So they figured out it's better to ask for permission
rather than doing it without consent as they did in the
past (radiation in Utah, the CIA's drug experiments on
Canadians, forced sterilization of the mentally disabled,
syphilis in blacks, forced administering of experimental
drugs on soldiers, etc.).
It's probably a matter of accountability and being unable
to keep it secret. If you don't agree, remember that this
week the US government started to admit that Gulf War
Syndrome exists.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4167675
Quick list....
http://www.rense.com/general36/history.htm
Obrigado, senhor.
Bob Dog
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| User: "stoney" |
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17 Nov 2004 11:41:34 AM |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:56:30 +0000, Jez
<iced_spear@NODAMNSPAMpipex.com> wrote:
Bob Dog wrote:
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1c0124adc465a528989f47@news.optusnet.com.au>...
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush
appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low
income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides
over the course of two years. 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.
So they figured out it's better to ask for permission
rather than doing it without consent as they did in the
past (radiation in Utah, the CIA's drug experiments on
Canadians, forced sterilization of the mentally disabled,
syphilis in blacks, forced administering of experimental
drugs on soldiers, etc.).
It's probably a matter of accountability and being unable
to keep it secret. If you don't agree, remember that this
week the US government started to admit that Gulf War
Syndrome exists.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4167675
Quick list....
http://www.rense.com/general36/history.htm
RENSE.COM
A History Of US Secret
Human Experimentation
3-25-3
1931 Dr. Cornelius Rhoads, under the auspices of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Investigations, infects human subjects with
cancer cells. He later goes on to establish the U.S. Army Biological
Warfare facilities in Maryland, Utah, and Panama, and is named to the
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. While there, he begins a series of
radiation exposure experiments on American soldiers and civilian
hospital patients.
1932 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study begins. 200 black men diagnosed with
syphilis are never told of their illness, are denied treatment, and
instead are used as human guinea pigs in order to follow the
progression and symptoms of the disease. They all subsequently die
from syphilis, their families never told that they could have been
treated.
1935 The Pellagra Incident. After millions of individuals die from
Pellagra over a span of two decades, the U.S. Public Health Service
finally acts to stem the disease. The director of the agency admits it
had known for at least 20 years that Pellagra is caused by a niacin
deficiency but failed to act since most of the deaths occured within
poverty-striken black populations.
1940 Four hundred prisoners in Chicago are infected with Malaria in
order to study the effects of new and experimental drugs to
combat the disease. Nazi doctors later on trial at Nuremberg cite this
American study to defend their own actions during the Holocaust.
1942 Chemical Warfare Services begins mustard gas experiments on
approximately 4,000 servicemen. The experiments continue until 1945
and made use of Seventh Day Adventists who chose to become human
guinea pigs rather than serve on active duty.
1943 In response to Japan's full-scale germ warfare program, the U.S.
begins research on biological weapons at Fort Detrick, MD.
1944 U.S. Navy uses human subjects to test gas masks and clothing.
Individuals were locked in a gas chamber and exposed to mustard gas
and lewisite.
1945 Project Paperclip is initiated. The U.S. State Department, Army
intelligence, and the CIA recruit Nazi scientists and offer them
immunity and secret identities in exchange for work on top secret
government projects in the United States.
1945 "Program F" is implemented by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC). This is the most extensive U.S. study of the health effects of
fluoride, which was the key chemical component in atomic bomb
production. One of the most toxic chemicals known to man, fluoride, it
is found, causes marked adverse effects to the central nervous system
but much of the information is squelched in the name of national
security because of fear that lawsuits would undermine full-scale
production of atomic bombs.
1946 Patients in VA hospitals are used as guinea pigs for medical
experiments. In order to allay suspicions, the order is given to
change the word "experiments" to "investigations" or "observations"
whenever reporting a medical study performed in one of the nation's
veteran's hospitals.
1947 Colonel E.E. Kirkpatrick of the U.S. Atomic Energy Comission
issues a secret document (Document 07075001, January 8, 1947) stating
that the agency will begin administering intravenous doses of
radioactive substances to human subjects.
1947 The CIA begins its study of LSD as a potential weapon for use by
American intelligence. Human subjects (both civilian and military) are
used with and without their knowledge.
1950 Department of Defense begins plans to detonate nuclear weapons in
desert areas and monitor downwind residents for medical problems and
mortality rates.
1950 I n an experiment to determine how susceptible an American city
would be to biological attack, the U.S. Navy sprays a cloud of
bacteria from ships over San Franciso. Monitoring devices are situated
throughout the city in order to test the extent of infection. Many
residents become ill with pneumonia-like symptoms.
1951 Department of Defense begins open air tests using
disease-producing bacteria and viruses. Tests last through 1969 and
there is concern that people in the surrounding areas have been
exposed.
1953 U.S. military releases clouds of zinc cadmium sulfide gas over
Winnipeg, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, the Monocacy River
Valley in Maryland, and Leesburg, Virginia. Their intent is to
determine how efficiently they could disperse chemical agents.
1953 Joint Army-Navy-CIA experiments are conducted in which tens of
thousands of people in New York and San Francisco are exposed to the
airborne germs Serratia marcescens and Bacillus glogigii.
1953 CIA initiates Project MKULTRA. This is an eleven year research
program designed to produce and test drugs and biological agents that
would be used for mind control and behavior modification. Six of the
subprojects involved testing the agents on unwitting human beings.
1955 The CIA, in an experiment to test its ability to infect human
populations with biological agents, releases a bacteria withdrawn from
the Army's biological warfare arsenal over Tampa Bay, Fl.
1955 Army Chemical Corps continues LSD research, studying its
potential use as a chemical incapacitating agent. More than 1,000
Americans participate in the tests, which continue until 1958.
1956 U.S. military releases mosquitoes infected with Yellow Fever over
Savannah, Ga and Avon Park, Fl. Following each test, Army agents
posing as public health officials test victims for effects.
1958 LSD is tested on 95 volunteers at the Army's Chemical Warfare
Laboratories for its effect on intelligence.
1960 The Army Assistant Chief-of-Staff for Intelligence (ACSI)
authorizes field testing of LSD in Europe and the Far East. Testing of
the european population is code named Project THIRD CHANCE; testing of
the Asian population is code named Project DERBY HAT.
1965 Project CIA and Department of Defense begin Project MKSEARCH, a
program to develop a capability to manipulate human behavior through
the use of mind-altering drugs.
1965 Prisoners at the Holmesburg State Prison in Philadelphia are
subjected to dioxin, the highly toxic chemical component of Agent
Orange used in Viet Nam. The men are later studied for development of
cancer, which indicates that Agent Orange had been a suspected
carcinogen all along.
1966 CIA initiates Project MKOFTEN, a program to test the
toxicological effects of certain drugs on humans and animals.
1966 U.S. Army dispenses Bacillus subtilis variant niger throughout
the New York City subway system. More than a million civilians are
exposed when army scientists drop lightbulbs filled with the bacteria
onto ventilation grates.
1967 CIA and Department of Defense implement Project MKNAOMI,
successor to MKULTRA and designed to maintain, stockpile and test
biological and chemical weapons.
1968 CIA experiments with the possibility of poisoning drinking water
by injecting chemicals into the water supply of the FDA in Washington,
D.C.
1969 Dr. Robert MacMahan of the Department of Defense requests from
congress $10 million to develop, within 5 to 10 years, a synthetic
biological agent to which no natural immunity exists.
1970 Funding for the synthetic biological agent is obtained under H.R.
15090. The project, under the supervision of the CIA, is carried out
by the Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick, the army's top
secret biological weapons facility. Speculation is raised that
molecular biology techniques are used to produce AIDS-like
retroviruses.
1970 United States intensifies its development of "ethnic weapons"
(Military Review, Nov., 1970), designed to selectively target and
eliminate specific ethnic groups who are susceptible due to genetic
differences and variations in DNA.
1975 The virus section of Fort Detrick's Center for Biological Warfare
Research is renamed the Fredrick Cancer Research Facilities and placed
under the supervision of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) . It is
here that a special virus cancer program is initiated by the U.S.
Navy, purportedly to develop cancer-causing viruses. It is also here
that retrovirologists isolate a virus to which no immunity exists. It
is later named HTLV (Human T-cell Leukemia Virus).
1977 Senate hearings on Health and Scientific Research confirm that
239 populated areas had been contaminated with biological agents
between 1949 and 1969. Some of the areas included San Francisco,
Washington, D.C., Key West, Panama City, Minneapolis, and St. Louis.
1978 Experimental Hepatitis B vaccine trials, conducted by the CDC,
begin in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Ads for research
subjects specifically ask for promiscuous homosexual men.
1981 First cases of AIDS are confirmed in homosexual men in New York,
Los Angeles and San Francisco, triggering speculation that AIDS may
have been introduced via the Hepatitis B vaccine
1985 According to the journal Science (227:173-177), HTLV and VISNA, a
fatal sheep virus, are very similar, indicating a close taxonomic and
evolutionary relationship.
1986 According to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(83:4007-4011), HIV and VISNA are highly similar and share all
structural elements, except for a small segment which is nearly
identical to HTLV. This leads to speculation that HTLV and VISNA may
have been linked to produce a new retrovirus to which no natural
immunity exists.
1986 A report to Congress reveals that the U.S. Government's current
generation of biological agents includes: modified viruses, naturally
occurring toxins, and agents that are altered through genetic
engineering to change immunological character and prevent treatment by
all existing vaccines.
1987 Department of Defense admits that, despite a treaty banning
research and development of biological agents, it continues to operate
research facilities at 127 facilities and universities around the
nation.
1990 More than 1500 six-month old black and hispanic babies in Los
Angeles are given an "experimental" measles vaccine that had never
been licensed for use in the United States. CDC later admits that
parents were never informed that the vaccine being injected to their
children was experimental.
1994 With a technique called "gene tracking," Dr. Garth Nicolson at
the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX discovers that many
returning Desert Storm veterans are infected with an altered strain of
Mycoplasma incognitus, a microbe commonly used in the production of
biological weapons. Incorporated into its molecular structure is 40
percent of the HIV protein coat, indicating that it had been man-made.
1994 Senator John D. Rockefeller issues a report revealing that for at
least 50 years the Department of Defense has used hundreds of
thousands of military personnel in human experiments and for
intentional exposure to dangerous substances. Materials included
mustard and nerve gas, ionizing radiation, psychochemicals,
hallucinogens, and drugs used during the Gulf War .
1995 U.S. Government admits that it had offered Japanese war criminals
and scientists who had performed human medical experiments salaries
and immunity from prosecution in exchange for data on biological
warfare research.
1995 Dr. Garth Nicolson, uncovers evidence that the biological agents
used during the Gulf War had been manufactured in Houston, TX and Boca
Raton, Fl and tested on prisoners in the Texas Department of
Corrections.
1996 Department of Defense admits that Desert Storm soldiers were
exposed to chemical agents.
1997 Eighty-eight members of Congress sign a letter demanding an
investigation into bioweapons use & Gulf War Syndrome.
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America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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16 Nov 2004 04:46:07 PM |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:16:14 +1030, Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com>
wrote:
I thought this must be a parody but apparently not.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush
appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low
income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides
over the course of two years. 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.
For taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a
free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of
appreciation.
In October, the EPA received $2 million to do the study from the
American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry front group that
includes members such as Dow, Exxon, and Monsanto (see full list of
members on sidebar of this page). Critics of the research claim the
study's funders guarantee the results will be biased in favor of the
chemical industry, at the expense of the health of the impoverished
children serving as test subjects.
Participants for the study were chosen from 6 health clinics and three
hospitals in Jacksonville, FL. These medical facilities report that
51% of their births are to non-white mothers and 62% of mothers have
only received an elementary or secondary education.
The EPA's Linda Sheldon says the study is vital, because so little is
known about how small children's bodies absorb harmful chemicals.
Important Note on Participants of Study: The study layout does not
require that participants increase their chemical use, but does
mandate that chosen applicants will need to demonstrate that they do
regularly use toxic chemicals in and around the home. The concern here
is that low income applicants may increase their toxic chemical use
for the sake of applying and being eligible for the funding.
Important Note on Suspension of the Study: On November 11th, the EPA
announced suspension of the study's launch until early 2005 for the
sake of "final review." The Organic Consumers Association is taking
this opportunity to call on the nation's citizens to demand the EPA
permanently terminate this abuse of low income children by the
chemical industry.
The 'Josef Mengele' school of medical research.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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