The controversial practice of testing pestidcides and other toxicants on human volunteers received a qualified endorsement from a committee of ethicists and scentists,who released their findings as part of a National Research Council (NRC)report.The panel called for the U.S.EPA to set up a safety and ethics system similar to the U.S.Food and Drug Administration's oversight of human drug testing and concluded that such testing is only justified when enough toxicity information exists to ensure that there will be no long-term harm to participants.
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