The Environmental Protection Agency has suspended a controversial study aimed at exploring how infants and toddlers absorb pesticides and other household chemicals, officials said Tuesday.
Several rank-and-file EPA scientists had questioned the ethics of the two- year experiment, which would have given the parents of 60 children in Duval, Fla., $970 apiece as well as a camcorder and children's clothing in exchange for having their children participate. The critics said low-income Floridians might continue to use pesticides -- which have been linked to neurological damage among children -- in their homes to qualify for the project.
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