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EPA to Cancel Pesticide Tests on Kids

HeadlineApr 11, 2005

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will halt a controversial pesticide testing program. The EPA had been paying low-income Florida families nearly $1,000 to document the effects of pesticides on their children. Two Senate Democrats had threatened to block the confirmation of Stephen Johnson to head the EPA unless the program was canceled.

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