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Ban Human Pesticide Testing

Our Position: support
Bill Number: S.AMDT.1023 to HR2361
Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Legislative Session: 2005

Senator Boxer's (D) amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill, co-sponsored by Senator Snowe (R) and others, prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from using any funds to either conduct human pesticide tests or use data from similar tests submitted by pesticide companies for a year. In 1998, the Clinton administration banned the use of information from these kinds of tests when making decisions about the safety of pesticides. The Bush administration allowed the ban to lapse in 2003, and has been accepting these tests since then, on a case by case basis. Testing pesticides on people, including pregnant women and children, raises significant moral questions which are compounded by concerns about scientific and ethical flaws in these research projects.

Status

The amendment passed, by a 60-37 vote on June 29, 2005.