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From: john.h.gohde@gmail.com
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On Apr 11, 2:07 pm, pautrey23x wrote:
> Human experiment victim sues EPA for $2 million
> By Barbara Hollingsworth March 21, 2013 | Modified: March 21, 2013 at
> 4:03 pm
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> One of the victims of a shocking human experiment conducted by the
> Environmental Protection Agency without test subjects’ knowledge or
> consent has sued the agency for more than $2 million., according to
> WNCN in Raleigh .
> In 2011, Matthew Cipparone of Durham, N.C. agreed to participate in an
> experiment at an EPA lab at the University of North Carolina’s School
> of Medicine in Chapel Hill.
> Unbeknownst to Cipparone or the 40 other test subjects, the
> “experiment” required them to breath diesel exhaust piped in directly
> from an idling truck parked outside the facility, exposing them to
> high concentrations of particulate matter for up to two hours – the
> same particulate matter that the EPA itself claimed was deadly.
>
> Cipparone, a non-smoker with no history of asthma, claims he developed
> a persistent cough and other symptoms of the respiratory ailment after
> his exposure. The exhaust experiments, for which subjects were paid
> $12 an hour, were first reported by Steve Milloy at JunkScience.com,
> who is one of several attorneys now representing Cipparone.
>
> Last month, Senators Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and David Vitter, R-La..
> ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote a
> letter to EPA officials:
>
> “It is a concern that EPA would assert in the rulemaking process that
> PM2.5 exposure is deadly while simultaneously asserting in the waivers
> signed by participants in EPA human exposure studies that these
> exposures are not harmful.”
> At the request of Congress, the EPA’s inspector general has also
> launched an investigation into the incident.
>
> http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/human-experiment-victim-sues-epa-for-...
Should have gone for 5 million!
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