Wow. Test pesticides on kids, give em a shirt, $970, A bib, Certificate, and a camcorder

[The Straight Story]

The Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (or CHEERS) was a study conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency designed to examine how children may be exposed to pesticides and other chemicals used in U.S. households, such as phthalates, brominated flame retardants, and perfluorinated compounds (PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and others). The two-year study began in the summer of 2004, but was halted that November by Stephen L. Johnson (who was then Assistant Administrator of the EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances and later became Administrator). On April 8, 2005, Johnson (see below) cancelled the study while he was awaiting Senate confirmation as EPA Administrator after the program was criticized. Johnson himself was also heavily criticized for his record of supporting the use of human test subjects in pesticide experiments when he was EPA's Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances.

The study took place in Duval County, Florida, a region chosen for its year round use of pesticides and for its high concentration of pesticides. To qualify, the family had to have a confirmed history of residential pesticide use, a child under the age of 13 months, and agree to continue residential use of pesticides.

Participating families were promised monetary compensation (up to $970), a study t-shirt, a framed Certificate of Appreciation, a study bib for the baby, a calendar, a study newsletter, and a camcorder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Environmental_Exposure_Research_Study

See my earlier post on him getting a job with the Scott's Company:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9558839

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I recall readng about that little piece of hell a few years back.

It would appear that Johnson has now been duly rewarded by Scott for his complicity..and they are absolutely Brazen about it...