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| October 01, 2005 | Schneider, Mary Ellen | COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency would ban the inclusion of pregnant women and children in all new third-party intentional dosing research involving pesticides intended for submission to the agency. The proposal says that EPA officials will neither conduct nor support any intentional dosing studies that involve pregnant women or children. "We are pursuing a rigorous set of protections for ...

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