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CBHD: Who Cares for the Children? -- Ferdinand Yates Recently, an article stating that a pesticide study that was to be have been conducted on children had been dropped (The Buffalo News, April 9, “Pesticide Study of Children Dropped” by John Heilprin). Apparently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was anxious to get information regarding the effects of pesticides on children. The study group was allegedly to be comprised of low-income minority neighborhood in Florida who would receive, as entitlements for participating, $970.00, a camcorder, and children’s clothing for each of the sixty children participants. The Acting Administrator of the EPA elected to cancel the proposed study. Why, you might ask? After it became apparent that his senate confirmation as administrator of the EPA was in jeopardy if the study had gone forward, the acting administrator apparently felt that the study was not such a good idea. Conflict of interest, to be sure. Who was to benefit—the children or the Acting Administrator—by the decision to stop the proposed study? It is unclear, but at least the children were spared the chemical and pesticide exposure. And perhaps the Acting Administrator was offered the new post. As a bioethicist, I shudder at the notion of such behavior. Full Article: http://www.cbhd.org/resources/healthcare/yates_2005-08-19.htm |
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2006 Ethics-Governance.com |
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