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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Pesticide tests on willing humans have been approved by the National Academy of Sciences so long as no one is harmed, it was reported Friday.
The academy said the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to use data from experiments in which humans are intentionally doused with pesticides and other toxic substances if strict scientific and ethical standards are met, the New York Times said.
If human studies would increase the accuracy of the agency's decisions, they should be conducted, Michael R. Taylor, a chairman of the academy's scientific panel said, "but only if we have an assurance that the participants of the study will not be harmed."
The report recommended only studies grounded in animal research, indicating that the procedures are safe. The agency should also establish an advisory board to review the studies, it said.
Environmental advocacy groups were critical of the report which had been requested by the Bush administration after hearing of the tests.
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