http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm

Quote :

"ALERT: EPA TO ALLOW PESTICIDE TESTING ON ORPHANS & MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Sunday, November 27, 2005 Public comments are now being accepted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its newly proposed federal regulation regarding the testing of chemicals and pesticides on human subjects. On August 2, 2005, Congress had mandated the EPA create a rule that permanently bans chemical testing on pregnant women and children. But the EPA's newly proposed rule, misleadingly titled "Protections for Subjects in Human Research," puts industry profits ahead of children's welfare. The rule allows for government and industry scientists to treat children as human guinea pigs in chemical experiments in the following situations: 1. Children who "cannot be reasonably consulted," such as those that are mentally handicapped or orphaned newborns may be tested on. With permission from the institution or guardian in charge of the individual, the child may be exposed to chemicals for the sake of research. 2. Parental consent forms are not necessary for testing on children who have been neglected or abused. 3. Chemical studies on any children outside of the U.S. are acceptable."

11/27/2005 10:25:29 AM

some other source... like a news agency of the actual bill?

11/27/2005 10:46:10 AM

Here's the EPA Proposed Rule (from the organic consumers article above):

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2005/September/Day-12/g18010.htm

11/27/2005 10:53:27 AM

See Sec. 26.408 (c) for example:

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"Sec. 26.408 Requirements for permission by parents or guardians and for assent by children. [...] (c) In addition to the provisions for waiver contained in Sec. 26.116, if the IRB determines that a research protocol is designed for conditions or for a subject population for which parental or guardian permission is not a reasonable requirement to protect the subjects (for example, neglected or abused children), it may waive the consent requirements in subpart A of this part and paragraph (b) of this section, provided an appropriate mechanism for protecting the children who will participate as subjects in the research is substituted, and provided further that the waiver is not inconsistent with Federal, State or local law."

OCA Comments:

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"OCA NOTE: Under the general rule, the EPA is saying it's okay to test chemicals on children if their parents or institutional guardians consent to it. This clause says that neglected or abused children have unfit guardians, so no consent would be required to test on those children."

11/27/2005 11:03:23 AM

Quote :

""Sec. 26.408 Requirements for permission by parents or guardians and for assent by children. [...] (c) In addition to the provisions for waiver contained in Sec. 26.116, if the IRB determines that a research protocol is designed for conditions or for a subject population for which parental or guardian permission is not a reasonable requirement to protect the subjects (for example, neglected or abused children), it may waive the consent requirements in subpart A of this part and paragraph (b) of this section, provided an appropriate mechanism for protecting the children who will participate as subjects in the research is substituted, and provided further that the waiver is not inconsistent with Federal, State or local law.""

[Edited on November 27, 2005 at 11:05 AM. Reason : hell just let them use the pesticide and everyone can die]

11/27/2005 11:05:04 AM

this is an interesting idea

11/27/2005 11:17:58 AM

when i was like 8, i rode my bike behind the mosquito pesticide sprayer truck in our neighborhood

was NOT a good idea

11/27/2005 11:30:21 AM

^ Why not? It was probably just DDT, completely harmless to people.

11/27/2005 11:48:33 AM

well, i couldn't breathe very well after the truck went on its way

no long term damage i think (unless you talk to the people in sports talk )

11/27/2005 11:52:58 AM

for once i think there may be some merit to this.... although it is only a proposed change... doesnt mean its been passed yet...

11/27/2005 12:04:13 PM

12/1/2005 3:59:39 PM

so is this what they did to you when you were little?

12/1/2005 6:21:31 PM

k

12/7/2005 2:16:57 PM