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US EPA "Children's Environmental Exposure Research
Study" (CHEERS) was approved to assess children's exposure
to pesticides in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
The
two-year study will monitor developmental changes in babies,
from birth to age 3, who are exposed to pesticides in their
homes. Included in the pesticides and chemicals to be monitored
are:
Fluorinated
pesticides:
Bifenthrin, Fipronil, Lambda-cyhalothrin, and Cyfluthrin
I, II, III, IV, total;
Fluorinated chemicals:
4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid and the perfluorinated PFOS
and PFOA.
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April 8, 2005
Press Release from US EPA
Statement by Stephen L. Johnson, Acting
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Cancelling
Research Study
Contact: Rich Hood, 202-564-4355 / hood.rich@epa.gov
Washington, D.C.- On April 8, 2005, I cancelled the Children's
Health Environmental Exposure Research Study.
The Children's Health Environmental Exposure Research Study was
designed to fill critical data gaps in our understanding of how
children may be exposed to pesticides (such as bug spray) and
chemicals currently used in households. Information from the study
was intended to help EPA better protect children. EPA will continue
to pursue the goal of protecting children's health.
Last fall, in light of questions about the study design, I directed
that all work on the study stop immediately and requested an independent
review. Since that time, many misrepresentations about the study
have been made. EPA senior scientists have briefed me on the impact
these misrepresentations have had on the ability to proceed with
the study.
I have concluded that the study cannot go forward, regardless
of the outcome of the independent review. EPA must conduct quality,
credible research in an atmosphere absent of gross misrepresentation
and controversy.
As a scientist and a 24-year employee of the EPA, I have a deep
passion for the Agency's mission to protect human health and the
environment. Continual review and reassessment is a fundamental
aspect of scientific progress, and I am committed to ensuring
that EPA's research is based on sound science with the highest
ethical standards.
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