[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR26.1704] [Page 325] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PART 26_PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS--Table of Contents Subpart Q_Ethical Standards for Assessing Whether To Rely on the Results of Human Research in EPA Actions Sec. 26.1704 Prohibition of reliance on unethical human research with non-pregnant, non-nursing adults conducted before April 7, 2006. Except as provided in Sec. 26.1706, in actions within the scope of Sec. 26.1701, EPA shall not rely on data from any research initiated before April 7, 2006, if there is clear and convincing evidence that the conduct of the research was fundamentally unethical (e.g., the research was intended to seriously harm participants or failed to obtain informed consent), or was significantly deficient relative to the ethical standards prevailing at the time the research was conducted. This prohibition is in addition to the prohibition in Sec. 26.1703.