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TO: EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency planned rule to permit pesticide experimentation on humans, including pregnant and nursing mothers and children, must be withdrawn.
I understand that the final draft rule has not been officially released, and that the rule has not yet been signed by you, the EPA Administrator.
In August 2005, Congress enacted a moratorium upon the EPA using human pesticide experiments until strict ethical standards were established. The law creating the moratorium passed overwhelmingly in the House and Senate with strong bipartisan support from legislators who questioned the ethics of testing toxic chemicals on humans.
But the EPA's proposed final draft rule would allow manufacturers to conduct testing of pesticides upon pregnant women and children so long as there is no “intent” at the outset of the study to submit the results to the EPA. Further, the proposed rule waives overseas researchers from having to prove a study was ethically conducted – even when the researcher intends to submit the study to EPA. These loopholes in the proposed rule are clearly the exact opposite of what Congress intended.
There is no legal or moral justification for the EPA to allow human testing of dangerous chemicals. The EPA must withdraw this profoundly immoral and unethical rule allowing for human testing of pesticides.
Sincerely,
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THANKS FOR TAKING ACTION!
Liora Leah
For more information, read the article
EPA's Latest Human Pesticide Testing Rule Called Illegal, Immoral:
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