In
2003, the US EPA "Children's Environmental Exposure
Research Study" (CHEERS) was approved to assess children's
exposure to pesticides in Jacksonville, Duval County,
Florida.
The
plans to conduct this highly controversial 2-year study
were formally ended on April
8, 2005.
-- Read
update from the independent PEER group:
Infamous
CHEERS Study Returns and Multiplies Under Different Names.
The
study was designed to monitor developmental changes in
babies, from birth to age 3, who are exposed to pesticides
in their homes. Included in the pesticides and chemicals
selected to be monitored were:
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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Date |
Title |
Author
/ Source |
August
11, 2005 |
EPA
PROPOSES ONLY HALF-STEPS ON HUMAN CHEMICAL TESTING —
Proposed Rule Riddled With Loopholes; Would Not Bar Infamous
“CHEERS” Study
|
Press
release Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
May 9,
2005 |
•
EPA
ON THRESHOLD OF BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HUMAN TESTING —
EPA Invites Industry to Mimic Practices
of Discontinued CHEERS Study
|
Press
release Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
April
9, 2005 |
E.P.A.
Halts Florida Test on Pesticides
|
By
DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
New York Times |
April
8, 2005 |
EPA
GRUDGINGLY PULLS PLUG ON QUESTIONABLE “CHEERS”
STUDY
Other
Human Pesticide Dosing Studies Without Safeguards Can Continue
|
Press
release Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
April
8, 2005 |
Statement
by Stephen L. Johnson, Acting Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, Cancelling Research Study
|
Press Release
from US EPA |
April 7,
2005 |
Nominee
Is Grilled Over Program on Pesticides -
"Stephen L. Johnson, President Bush's nominee to lead
the Environmental Protection Agency, encountered unexpected
turbulence at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday
as Senator Barbara Boxer of California threatened to hold
up his nomination over a small but controversial pesticide
program in Florida..."
|
By
MICHAEL JANOFSKY
New York Times |
Feb 8,
2005 |
EPA
Avoids Regulation of Chemical Experiments on Humans
|
Environment
News Service (ENS) |
Feb 7,
2005 |
EPA
EMBRACES HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING WITHOUT SAFEGUARDS.
Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”—
No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses
|
Press
Release
Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
Dec
21, 2004 |
U.S.
Rethinks Human Studies on Pesticides
|
By
Katherine Stapp
IPS (Inter Press Service News Agency) |
Dec
9, 2004 |
Greens
Blast New EPA Deregulation of Pesticide Tests on Humans.
Chemical corporations are seeking approval for toxic experiments
on low-income Americans, say Greens.
|
Press
Release from the
Green Party of the U.S. |
Dec
1, 2004 |
Stop
EPA From Testing Pesticides on Children
|
Pesticide
Action Network Updates Service (PANUPS) |
Nov
2004 |
|
Organic
Consumers Association |
Nov
30, 2004 |
EPA
SET TO ACCEPT HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING STUDIES
“Senior Agency Officials”
to Decide Ethical Concerns on “Case-By-Case Basis”
|
Press
Release
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
Available
on
Nov 30, 2004 |
See
the draft EPA notice on
“Human
Testing: Proposed Plan and Description of Review Process”
- to be published in the Federal
Register
|
Attachment
to Nov 30, 2004, Press Release
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
November
2004 |
Human
testing of pesticides: ethical and scientific considerations.
|
By
Alan H. Lockwood, MD
American Journal of Public Health
Vol 94, No. 11; pages 1908-1915 |
Nov
27, 2004 |
The
EPA and Industry Team Up to Protect Profits in Florida Study,
Leaving Children Behind
|
By
Robina Suwol & Ashley Posner,Esq. - California Safe Schools
(Non-profit)
Published
by ALT PRESS Online Edition |
Nov
22, 2004 |
Stop
Pesticide Study on Kids!
EPA & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TO STUDY EFFECTS OF KNOWN TOXIC
CHEMICALS ON CHILDREN
|
Organic
Consumers Association |
Nov
14, 2004 |
EPA
halts study of pesticides and kids
|
by
Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post |
Nov
9, 2004 |
EPA
Stalls Infant Pesticide Dosing Study
Bush Administration Poised to Legalize Human Testing
|
Press
Release
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
Nov
8, 2004 |
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Children’s Environmental Exposure Research
Study (CHEERS)
|
FROM:
William Farland, Ph.D. Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Science Office of Research and Development
TO:
EPA Employees |
Nov
8, 2004 |
FACT
SHEET. A Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study
- CHEERS.
|
Prepared
by US EPA's
National Research Laboratory,
Office of Research and Development. |
Nov
8, 2004 |
EPA
Madness
|
Editorial
Winston-Salem Journal |
Nov
5, 2004 |
EPA
criticized for study of child pesticide exposure
|
by
Erick Stokstad
Science (V 306, page 961) |
Nov
4, 2004 |
EPA
accused of conflict of interest over chemicals study
|
by
Geoff Brumfiel
Nature (Vol 432, page 6) |
Nov
1, 2004 |
EPA
PAYS FAMILIES TO EXPOSE THEIR INFANTS TO PESTICIDES
Joint
Study With Chemical Industry to Measure Exposure in the
Home
Agency Removes Study Protocol From Its Web Site
|
Press
Release
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
Nov
1, 2004 -- (availability of EPA's Sept 30 , 2002, study) |
View
excerpts from the CHEERS protocol removed from the EPA website
Title:
Longitudinal field measurement study of infant and toddler's
aggregate exposure to pesticides and persistent pollutants.
Peer Reviewed Study Design.
|
Attachment
to Nov 1, 2004 Press Release from the
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
Nov
1, 2004
(flyers undated) |
See
the flyers for parents to participate in CHEERS
|
Attachment
to Nov 1, 2004 Press Release from the
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) |
Oct
30, 2004 |
Study
of Pesticides and Children Stirs Protests
|
by
Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post |
Oct
29, 2004 |
Group
Demands Halt to Unethical, Scientifically Questionable Study
in Which EPA and Chemical Industry Pay Families to Expose
Children to Pesticides
|
Press
Release
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
29, 2004 |
Letter
to Dr.
Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
|
Kenneth
A. Cook, President
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
29, 2004 |
A
conflict of interest. Our position: The EPA has no business
allowing the chemical industry to pay for a study.
|
Editorial
Orlando Sentinel (Florida) |
Oct
27, 2004 |
EPA
responds to Environmental Working Group
|
FROM:
Paul Gilman, Ph.D.
Assistant Administrator, US EPA ORD
TO:
Mr. Kenneth Cook, President
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
26, 2004 |
Chemical
Industry Funds Aid EPA Study. Effect of Substances on Children
Probed
|
by
Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post |
Oct
15, 2004 |
Letter
to Michael
Leavitt, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
|
Kenneth
A. Cook, President
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
12, 2004 |
EPA
Partners With American Chemistry Council to Study Young
Children’s Exposures to Household Chemicals
|
News
Release
US EPA Research & Development |
Sept
22, 2004 |
EPA
Conducts Study on Young Children’s Exposures to Household
Chemicals in Duval County, Florida
|
News
Release
US EPA Research & Development |
March
3, 2004 |
Agency
Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Longitudinal Study
of Young Children's Exposures in Their Homes to Selected
Pesticides, Phthalates, Brominated Flame Retardants, and
Perfluorinated Chemicals (A Children's Environmental Exposure
Research Study--CHEERS), EPA ICR Number 2126.01
|
US
EPA
Federal Register Notice
Docket
No. ORD-2003-0011 |
March
3, 2004 |
Part
A: Supporting Statement -
This document, included as a Docket in the March 3, 2004,
Federal Register notice, gives the most pertinent
information to the protocol of the CHEERS study.
EPA
ICR Number: 2126.01 - 61 pages
From Table 2:
• Of 16 pesticides included
in this study, 4 are fluorinated: Bifenthrin,
Fipronil, lambda-Cyhalothrin, and Cyfluthrin I, II, III,
IV, total
• Perfluorinated chemicals: Perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA) and Perfluorooctane
sulfonate (PFOS)
From Table 3: List of chemicals to
be analyzed in biological media:
• one is fluorinated: 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic
acid
• Perfluorooctanoic acid/Perfluorooctane
sulfonate
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US
EPA
Federal
Register Docket
Docket
No. ORD-2003-0011-0006 |
Oct
3, 2003 |
First
public notice of CHEERS study in Duval County, Florida.
|
US
EPA
Federal
Register Notice
Docket
No. ORD-2003-0011 |
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