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Proposed EPA rules will allow testing of pesticides on children

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Rallymama, Jan 17, 2006.

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    Remove all ads!
    Seriously!
    Summary article from San Francisco Chronicle.
    More detail, including quotations from the rule text, from an admittedly biased source.

    What were they thinking, beyond how to placate the industry while incurring minimal risk of future lawsuits? The really scary part is the idea that this is in accordance with federal rules!

    I have a scientific mind, so I understand the need for knowing the downstream effects and risks and such of these compounds. But to deliberately expose people without their knowledge and consent? That's appalling, and utterly reprehensible. When it comes to medicines - compounds which are intended to be of direct benefit to the person exposed - the rules for testing are much, much more stringent. So why should companies making harmful materials be allowed to get by with doing any less?
     
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    The sections that are objected to under the grounds of lack of consent, are sections under which the procedure provides a direct benefit to the subject, or if there is no greater than minimal risk to the subject. Also, there is a board that makes the determination if it is OK.

    The applicable texts:
    Section 26.408 were the sections providing the consent rules that were found objectionable.
     
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    I also noticed that some of this stuff was talking about passive testing. If you want a small blood sample to see how much toxic materia a child is already consuming in low-income housing, I don't see a problem. I could even understand, though not agree with, doing that without parental concent.
     
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