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EPA Looking at Using Pesticide on People

WASHINGTON -- In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions. The new policy, which the EPA is still developing, would allow Bush administration political appointees to referee any ethical disputes. Pesticide makers say human tests give more accurate results about the risks of the products to people and the environment. EPA scientists and environmentalists said the two-year study, with $2 million in backing from a chemical makers' trade group, might encourage poor families to use more pesticides. Families that participated were to get $970 each plus a camcorder and children's clothes. Posted by Editor at November 30, 2004 04:00 PM