Dear friends,

Apparently using infants to experiment with made-man  components in 
artificial infant milks and follow-up formulas is no longer  enough, now "they" want to 
expand the experiments....
I can't help but wonder why low income families are being targeted for this  
"research". Could it be due to the fact that they are less likely to file 
legal  claims?
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to launch  an
outrageous new study in which participating low income families will  have
their children exposed to toxic pesticides over the course of two years.  For
taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a free  video
camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of appreciation. The  study
entitled CHEERS (Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study) will  look
at how chemicals can be ingested, inhaled or absorbed by children  ranging
from babies to 3 years old.

Please take a moment to follow  this link and join tens of thousands of
citizens in petitioning the EPA to  terminate this study prior to its
proposed launch in early 2005.

More  information, related newspaper headlines and petition  here:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm

Please also  forward this message.
 
Laura Wright


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