{"article":{"id":119922,"heading":"Cheers for christian family values","author":"twospiritwarrior","created":"2004-12-01 20:58:43","modified":"2004-12-03 08:10:28","last_modified":"Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:10:28","article":"<br><br> Now that it is no longer politically correct, the Bushite regime has  <br>  <br> changed it's methods and now merely bribes poverty-stricken people in  <br>  <br> order to keep the progress of science moving forward, to test harmful  <br>  <br> substances on unsuspecting innocent victims.  <br><br> Last week, the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, publicly  <br>  <br> announced the start of a new study that would test the harmful  <br>  <br> effects of children being exposed to toxic pesticides and other  <br>  <br> chemicals.  <br><br> The EPA study, ironically named CHEERS -- Children's Environmental  <br>  <br> Exposure Research Study -- proposes to track how chemicals can be  <br>  <br> ingested, inhaled, and absorbed by children, ranging in ages from a  <br>  <br> few months old to three years old.  <br><br> The EPA, is offering in exchange for exposing children to toxic  <br>  <br> chemicals, and the subsequent health risks, to each participating  <br>  <br> family, $970, a free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed  <br>  <br> certificate of appreciation.  <br><br> The EPA research, is being funded by chemical corporations, such as  <br>  <br> Dow, Exxon, Monsanto, and so on....and the results of the study will  <br>  <br> definitely be biased in favour of the chemical industry, and will  <br>  <br> unnecessarily endanger the health of the children being used as guinea  <br>  <br> pigs of the state.  <br><br>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cheers\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cheers<\/a>  <br><br>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interventionmag.com\/cms\/modules.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.interventionmag.com\/cms\/modules.php<\/a>...   <br><br>  <br>  <br> \n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The eye of big brother in your &quot;medicine&quot;\r\ncabinet.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/12\/119922.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":119949,"heading":"interesting... kind of creepy","article":"I don't understand why they need a two year study.  They could do this in one year and get some data, then extrapolate from that.  \r\n\r\nI guess some scientists needs steady jobs.\r\n\r\nThen, after that, offer some pesticide counselling and develop a curriculum to help people make better decisions about pesticides.  Perhaps this information and instruction should be added to the product labeling, in two or three languages.\r\n\r\nY'know, I think you have a point about the sponsorship bias!","author":"more rational","parent_id":119922,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-12-03 08:10:28","modified":"2004-12-03 08:10:28","fileurl":""}]}