A similar experiment with dioxin has been going on in Michigan's Tittabawasee and Saginaw River watershed for the past couple of years. It's not called that -- in that case the exposure was caused by pollution decades ago that lingers in the floodplain of the two rivers -- but in the lack of an effective cleanup since the discovery of contamination, an appalling human experiment is occurring.
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Washington, DC —In a notice slated for publication in the Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will formally adopt an open door policy of accepting experiments conducted by pesticide companies and chemical manufacturers using human subjects, according to a draft posted by EPA late last Friday. At the same time, the agency is indefinitely delaying development of ethical rules to protect test subjects, instead relying on its political appointees to flag immoral or unsafe practices on a “case-by-case” basis.
“At the request of chemical companies seeking to justify higher exposure limits, EPA will sanction dosing of infants, pregnant women and other vulnerable persons with commercial poisons,” stated Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Executive Director Jeff Ruch, whose organization has highlighted the agency’s lack of ethical or safety guidelines. “EPA’s stance is appallingly amoral.”