Abused By Illusions

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Public Comment Period Closes
December 12, 2005

Public comments are now being accepted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its newly proposed federal regulation regarding the testing of chemicals and pesticides on human subjects. On August 2, 2005, Congress had mandated the EPA create a rule that permanently bans chemical testing on pregnant women and children. But the EPA's newly proposed rule, misleadingly titled "Protections for Subjects in Human Research," puts industry profits ahead of children's welfare. The rule allows for government and industry scientists to treat children as human guinea pigs in chemical experiments in the following situations:

Children who "cannot be reasonably consulted," such as those that are mentally handicapped or orphaned newborns may be tested on. With permission from the institution or guardian in charge of the individual, the child may be exposed to chemicals for the sake of research.
Parental consent forms are not necessary for testing on children who have been neglected or abused.
Chemical studies on any children outside of the U.S. are acceptable.

Read the full story at the Organic Consumers Association.

It is stories like this that further the gut feeling I have had for a long time. We have become a sick, twisted, demented society thats darkness now far exceeds anything that even the most evil regimes ever dreamt up. Where the Nazis had there odd Goebbles, Mengle, and Hitler we have vast bureaucracies inside government and the coporate world that carry out the same functions only a million fold. Where the old evil regimes had only a single political party with a vested interest in seeing them succeed this modern manifestation of coporatism/facism has the entire body politic with a vested interest in seeing them succeed.

Before you go and shout that you are not numbered among those I speak of do some quick research. If you own stock see what those companies in which you invest really do in order to make the return that you demand on your money. If you don't own stock how about a retirement fund of some sort? Do you know what companies that this money is invested in? If not call up the company that manages the fund and find out just what those companies do in order to assure a high enough yield so that you will have the money you expect for retirement. The scareiest part of modern evil in my opinion is that most of us do not realize that it is not a case of an evil them but in fact is an unintended evil us. The positive part of all of this is that there is something we can do about all of this. We can do the research on where our money goes and make an informed decision to divest from such companies and thereby opt out of evil which such organizations sow.

Excellent post and call to action.
People don't pay enough attention to where they throw their dollars and realize the power of consumership - from simple purchasing at walmart to how much power from TVA to the food they bring home.  

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