This is shocking if true.
EPA's proposed new rules would/could affect orphans and the mentally handicapped.
Perhaps some Britneters may have more facts on it.
This info was sent to me by a fairly reliable source.
I do know( from the NYT's, reported several years ago) that the US Gov. did some forms of secret testing on coloured soldiers during WW2 who had VD.
Check out this at
http//www.organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm
The story sounds incomplete to me as presented by that website. For example, it states
"Parental consent forms are not necessary for testing on children who have been neglected or abused".
It does not say that no consent forms would be required.
It also makes no mention of how the law would differ for "regular American children".
I don't feel happy about the general idea of testing any of these chemicals on any children. But that said, when they develop a new bug spray to prevent mosquito bites, aren't they testing it on a child the first time they use it on a child?
Perhaps this group is trying to suggest that the care-givers for these children have less concern for the welfare of these children than "regular parents" so should perhaps not be allowed to make this decision on their behalf. I bet in the main they're a damn sight more concerned about the welfare of their charges than many "regular parents".
The slanted/unbalanced way in which this topic is being presented by this group does more harm than good for the campaign, I would say. It makes me want to look for their hidden agenda as much as the EPA's. That's not to say that the campaign is a bad one. Just this treatment of it.
I read/skimmed through the EPA document and didn't like the loophole that allows them to use data/conclusions formed outside the restrictions of the regulation. Obviously, if a study will cost $1B in conformity, and half if not in conformity, the maker will do the non-conforming study and say it is all that is available.
Monster, it has to be slanted. To be even handed is to be ignored.
I sent the thing off because I think the regulations should conform to the law, not just do what the Bush appointees think they can get away with.