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Human Testing Resources

  • PANNA press release - “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” to Highlight Pesticide Testing on Humans
  • PEER press release on Human Testing - with documents from meeting with Bush administration and pesticide industry.
  • PANNA press release supporting EPA Scientists Objections to Organophosphates - Includes Contact information for EPA Staff Scientests and PEER Executive Director.
  • Groups Sue EPA for Approving Unethical and Illegal Human Pesticide Testing - PAN has joined with Earth Justice and the Natural Resource Defense Council to sue EPA over Human Testing Rule.
  • Statement from Rep. Henry A. Waxman commending public interest environmental and labor groups for suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the new rule to promote the testing of pesticides on humans.
  • Human Experimentation: EPA's Flawed Proposal - PANNA highlighted the flaws in EPA's proposal (even according to their own risk assesment) in the Fall 2005 edition of our Partners Update, and again in a November 29, 2005 PANUPS.
  • PANNA's Comments on Human Testing - PANNA filed their official comments, including ethical considerations, on December 12th to EPA's Senior Policy Advisor.
  • NRDC press release on Human Testing - The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) publicized EPA's new rule that would intentionally expose humans to pesticides, violating ethical standards and the law in their .
  • NRDC backgrounder on Proposed Human Testing Rule - NRDC prepared a background information sheet for the proposed human testing rule on September 12, 2005.
  • Congressional Report on Human Pesticide Experiments - Reversing a moratorium established by the Clinton Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Bush Administration is reviewing or plans to review over 20 studies that intentionally dosed human subjects with pesticides. The pesticides administered to human subjects in these experiments include “highly hazardous” poisons, suspected carcinogens, and suspected neurotoxicants. The studies, most of which were submitted to EPA by pesticide manufacturers, appear to routinely violate ethical standards.
  • Senator Boxer Denounces Plan - On Jan 23rd, 2006, Senator Barbara Boxer, Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Rep. Hilda L. Solis denounced the Bush Administration plan to promote pesticide expirements on humans.
  • Flashpoint Radio Covers Human Testing - Pacifica Radio covered EPA's Human Testing Rule on a November 11th, 2005 edition of Flashpoint. Aaron Coalangelo, a staff attorney with the the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was the featured guest. (MP3 format).
  • Boxer, Others Attempt to Block Johnson Confirmation - In 2004, Senators Barbara Boxer, Bill Nelson and others blocked the nomination of Stephen Johnson to head EPA when pesticide industry tests involving the the intentional dosing of human beings with pesticides in Johnson’s CHEERs program came to light. Johnson put the CHEERS program on hold while his Senate confirmation hearings were held. Shortly after confirmation, he resumed the program, only to cancel it once and for all due to congressional pressure. Here are Senators Barbara Boxer and Bill Nelson and Barbara Boxer on C-Span announcing the block of the Johnson appointment.

 

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