 |
| |
Spheres of Influence
|
Registering Skepticism: Does the EPA's Pesticide Review Protect Children? Melissa Lee Phillips Abstract
In August 2006, the EPA finalized a 10-year review of the safety of U.S. food-use pesticides. Although the agency announced the milestone with confidence in the thoroughness of its review, environmental activists and some EPA scientists are skeptical of how good a job the agency did. Concerns especially center around approvals for organophosphate and carbamate pesticides that may yet be proven neurotoxic, especially in developing fetuses, infants, and children.
The full version of this article is available for free in HTML or PDF formats. |
|
|
|
|
