Prepared for Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Henry A. Waxman.

Executive summary -- Background -- Human testing principles -- Clinton Administration policy on human pesticide experiments -- Bush Administration policy on human pesticide experiments -- Congressional consideration -- Purpose and methodology -- Exposure of human subjects to dangerous pesticides -- The organophosphate and carbamate experiments -- The NOEL experiments -- The Chloropicrin experiment -- Lack of informed consent -- Failure to disclose risks -- Use of complex language -- Compensation and liability limitations -- Questionable scientific validity -- Lack of statistical power -- Systematic dismissal of adverse events -- Failure to ensure that studies are capable of identifying effects -- Other problems -- Failure to conduct long-term medical follow-up -- Lack of guarantee for medical care for injuries caused by study -- Failure to terminate in accordance with protocol -- Questions about the use of institutional review boards -- Sponsor's unusual access to information -- Compliance with the Helsinki Declaration -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- Appendices.