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Nature Medicine 11, 811 (2005)
Published online: 26 July 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm0805-811a

US Senate votes to ban pesticide tests on humans

Meredith Wadman1

  1. Washington D.C.

Ban supporters say the Environmental Protection Agency's current policies put children at risk.The US Congress is considering whether to temporarily ban the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using human tests to determine whether a pesticide should be marketed.