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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 06:13 PM
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Congress Blocks EPA on Pesticide Testing
Congress Blocks EPA on Pesticide Testing
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, July 28, 2005

(07-28) 15:48 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

Congress is blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from relying on tests that expose pregnant women, infants and children to pesticides when the agency considers permits for pest killers.

Environmentalists and the pesticide industry claimed victory on the measure. It was a compromise from versions passed last month by the House and Senate that would have banned the EPA's use of all data from human pesticide testing for a year.

The language is attached to a final compromise bill funding the Interior Department and the EPA for the budget year beginning Oct. 1.

The House passed the spending measure Thursday by a 410-10 vote. The Senate was to expected to follow before leaving for its August recess.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/28/national/w154803D03.DTL
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