EPA offers $970 & free camcorder

“Down on your luck? Need a little extra Christmas cash?



The EPA announced this month that it was launching a two-year investigation, partly funded by the American Chemical Council, of how 60 children in Duval County, Fla., absorb pesticides and other household chemicals.
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In exchange for participating for two years in the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, which involves infants and children up to age 3, the EPA will give each family using pesticides in their home $970, some children's clothing and a camcorder that parents can keep.
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“Huh, never heard of this and I live in Duval.

Why this and not an investigation as to just how three elementery schools came to be built on contaminated sites?”

“Old news.”

“I think your wife just called you uninformed.
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“Uninformed, more like. It's been all over the news, then a few weeks ago it went away.”

“Ah well, that wouldn't be the first time. lol.”

“Some fancy devloper here in Cleveland is building a high-end shopping mall on an old dump. When it's complete, we'll have #&%!$, buying #&%!$, on #&%!$.”