The pesticide industry has used unethical, unscientific tests of pesticides on human subjects to push for weakened federal controls. Earthjustice legal action led to new EPA standards that limit this egregious practice.

Your favorite four-legged companion may get a dose of toxic chemicals the next time you throw him/her a chew toy. That’s the conclusion of an as-yet unpublished study, which found that dogs that chew on plastic toys may be exposed to hormone-altering chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates. The new study, conducted at Texas…

Rule barring unethical research moves closer to completion

Agency to propose new standards that bar unethical and unscientific research

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had issued a rule on pesticide testing on humans that favored the chemical industry and did not meet the scientific and ethical standards recommended by the National Academy of Sciences and outlined by the Nuremberg Code after World War II. In 2006, a coalition of health and environmental advocates, and…

Strict ethical and scientific protections for pesticide testing on humans ignored