Forget that old line about "What's good for GM is good for America"
How the social glue of America is being dissolved
Also in this issue
- DON'T PREACH, MINISTER!
- BEHIND "DUKE'S" TEARS
- PESTICIDE TESTING ON KIDS
- HALLIBURTON'S "TCNs"
- SEPARATING US FROM THEM
What the hell's happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even my state's teetering on the brink of broke! Who did this to us? Fair questions, but we're not getting honest answers. 
PESTICIDE TESTING ON KIDS
You know about the Environmental Protection Agencybut do you know Bush's EPA?.
After these so-called environmental and health protectors were caught supporting industry tests in which children were intentionally dosed with pesticides, Congress mandated (in August) that the agency issue a rule permanently banning such tests, without exception. In September, EPA issued its proposed rule, hailing it as "a landmark regulation on human studies." Beyond this flowery declaration, however, EPA's proposal has 30 pages of fine print that viciously guts those very principles by giving the pesticide corporations exceptions to the supposed prohibition.
Get ready to puke, for these are some of the exceptions: • Neglected or abused infants can be subjected to pesticide tests without the consent of parents or guardians.
• Mentally handicapped and orphaned infants may be used for tests for the sake of research.
• EPA will accept industry pesticide tests done on children outside the U.S., including in countries with minimal or no ethical standards. For more, call the Organic Consumers Association at 218-226-4164.