"EPA Forced to Review Pesticide Testing on Humans"

"WASHINGTON, DC -- Federal rules governing pesticide experiments using people as test subjects must be rewritten and issued for public comment under a new agreement reached between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and public health groups, farm worker advocates and environmental organizations.

The proposed changes will address the three principal areas identified by the groups - the scope of the rule, its consistency with recommendations issued by the National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and its consistency with the Nuremberg Code.

The Nuremberg Code, a set of standards governing medical experiments on humans, was put in place after World War II following criminal medical experiments performed by Nazi doctors. "

Environment News Service had the story June 24, 2010.