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For the most part, chemicals were selected for the VCCEP pilot if there were monitoring data indicating that exposure to humans had occurred and if the chemicals are present in the environment. The biomonitoring data sets used for VCCEP pilot chemical selection included samples from human blood, breast milk, and exhaled breath. Presence in the environment was established by monitoring data indicating presence in indoor air or presence in drinking water as an unregulated contaminant.

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this program was started before Bush started his first term, and I couldn't help but notice much of your post taken word-for-word from organiccomsumers.

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but when you throw in little political shots you are cheapining your cause. With respect to the environment, you said that first things first Bush had to do something - which you don't see happening. It'a a fact that over 80% of extinction is happening in other countries and on islands, I don't see where Bush is a "first things first", although what we do will indeed play a vital role. In this thread you begin with a dig about "Bush appointees" when Alicat clearly showed in his links that it had been formulated and begun long before Bush even took office. It's not necessary to go out of your way to target Bush just because you have been against him. Your causes are just and should be addressed.....let them stand on their own merit and forego the political pot shots, whaddayathink?

Of course you CAN go after Bush anytime you want but it DOES take away from the importance of your message, you know?

Isn't anyone else tired of the political posturing???

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I think I have it, Balladeer got with Bush to conspire to increase the wealth of exterminators at the expense of the lives of young chilren and then hide it behind the devious statement that they are attempting to help children live healthier lives.

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Also, I suspect Dan Rather has the memo the President wrote to the career EPA officials indicating, let's go poison some children to help out my chemical company buddies.

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I seriously suspect if Gore had been elected the issue would not be the same.  I fail to see how making it a presidential political issue helps the children.

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To get President Bush into the controversy, you really have to press to get there on that one.

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Bottom line, I would not have responded, but let's think about the children and not our view of presidential politics.

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Question: Why shouldn't we, as taxpayers, be thankful that the American Chemistry Council is putting so much money into this study?

Answer: This study enjoys $2 million of funding from the American Chemistry Council (ACC), who, according to the EPA CHEER's website, will oversee much of the study. The ACC, previously known as the Chemical Manufactureres Association (CMA), is made up of chemical corporations, such as Exxon, Dow and Monsanto. . . .

We aren't criticizing these companies for NOT doing studies, we criticize them for ignoring and/or burying the mountains of already existing research that clearly indicate many of their products are dangerous. . . .

The ACC would not put $2 million into a study that it does not believe it could put a positive spin on. The ACC has never funded or released a study in which the final results revealed negative health implications associated with its member companys' products. . . .

In a perfect world, we would welcome their investment into studying the safety of their chemical products, and they do a good job of making it appear to consumers that that is their concern. In reality, these chemical products were thrust into the everyday lives of people all around the world by these same chemical companies, prior to the assemblance of adequate health studies. Since then, hundreds of studies have shown these chemicals to exhibit high levels of toxicity. Yet these corporations refuse to pull dangerous products off of the market until there's a legal mandate.

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"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Oh please, I'm sure if Kerry had won, you'd be pulling out the heavy artillery of words and doing likewise, lambasting him on and off how you don't understand how voters could insure this "despicable man" got into office, saying how he's disgracing our troops like brigades of Ghenghis Khan, etc.

Anyway, if you truly read that message to progressives thread, I specifically made it clear in there to "unite but not conform" and also encouraged progressives to continue to protest the war like we have, make the president take responsibility and hold him accountable, and, basically, go upon the philosophy "Do unto others as they do unto you!" to Bush in the second term. He has said he will lead a "bi-partisan effort" and "reach out to Kerry voters", and that's exactly how he'll be judged by me and progressives this second term. If he doesn't wisen up on his bad environmental policies and seeking to ban gay marriage and overturn Roe vs. Wade, for instance, he deserves our outcry because it would be clear he's running unilaterally. In other words, if he doesn't practice what he preaches, neither should we and we have every right to protest Bush because he betrayed any trust we might resurrect in him.

Bush himself signed this mutual contract on the day of his first press conference by saying, ""We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it."

I also said in my statement I believe in forgiveness and second chances, and should Bush turn a new leaf this second term and actually look at other viewpoints besides his own on important issues which both parties have locked horns in, I believe he should be given signs of approval from us. I said we need the opportunity to give America a fresh start before jumping to ultimate conclusions. I don't consider my sentiments here cheap shots because I don't believe this issue has been handled democratically yet. The people should have their say in if they support pesticide testing on children or not, and then make their ruling. But it seems the EPA are intending to continue doing this without public input and felt it was legit to protest.

By uniting I didn't call for a ceasefire among all liberals questioning the Bush Administration, or like the Bill O'Reilly approach to "shut up". As everyone has unquestionably noticed, conservatives and liberals can't treat each other like neighbors anymore, or look each other in the eyes, and there is growing resentment in every community. I was calling simply that we all need to get along and respect one another's differences. I was calling for alliance among communities, not to the administration.

By the way, I didn't get involved into politics until the war in Iraq began March 2003, so I do admit I hadn't immediately read of the past incidents of the research and had I been politically active before the Bush Administration, I would be condemning this too under the Clinton Administration or whatever. Bear with me now, as I am still relatively new to the political process!

I am as willing as you are to concentrate on these causes, and I certainly pray Bush can take these desperate pleas to unite this polarized nation as more than just a grain of salt this second term, learn from his mistakes, and keeping his promise. And I'll know if he's reaching out beyond his own scope or not, because I understand the progressive set of values and hold them true to myself. If he tries and embraces them, then he truly is working. If he ignores them, it'll prove he's still absorbed in his own interests.

Kind of feel like a judge here! LOL! But we can't just rely on a "We report, you decide" mentality. We've got to do the reporting ourselves and let them assist in the decision-making. For democracy is "of the people, by the people, for the people"

I absolutely agree with Larry when he said, "You can't win them all!" This time around, Bush appears to have won fair and square (assuming the Diebold machines didn't tamper anything) and I'll accept that. With that said, America desperately needs a bi-lateral decision-making process, for if we don't and we head closer to oligarchy, one side will always win and the other will always lose. And as the people, we MUST win together!

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20