Rep. Waxman Concerned About Policy Change On Use of Human Test Data. (Markets).(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, December, 2001

A SENIOR MEMBER of Congress says he has "strong reservations" about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to resume use of industry data gathered from human tests to help set limits on pesticide levels in food and water. In a letter to EPA administrator Christie Whitman, Rep.

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) expressed concern about the "secrecy" surrounding the agency's recent change in policy on the use of human test data. Rep. Waxman helped draft the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) and is the ranking minority member of the House Government Reform Committee. He asserts that human studies have unclear scientific benefit, raise ethical questions, and could be used to establish less stringent safety standards. Rep. Waxman...

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