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[EPA Pesticide Research Contract for Determining Pesticide
Residues in Fetal Tissue]. CED-78-112; B-133192. Bay 9, 1978. 11
pp. + enclosure (1 pp.).
Decision re: Rep. Harold L. Volkner; by Henry Eschwege,
Direutor, Community and Economic Development Div.
Issue Area: Environu~ntal Protection Programs: Harmful
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (2211).
Contact: Community and Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Pollutin Cintrol and Abatement (304).
Organizati..a Concerned: Environmental Protection Aqency;
Automated redical Services of Ohio, Inc.
Congressional Relevance: Rep. Harold L. Volkuer.
Several deficiencies were alleged ccncerning an
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contract for the testing
of human fetuses for pesticide residues. The allegations
concerned: EPA's monitcring of the contract; the source,
conditions and legality of the fetus samples; the usefulness of
the data obtained under the contract; and continuation of the
CODtract over objections. EPA awarded a firm fixed-price
contract to Automated medical Services of Ohio, Inc. (ARSC) for
$175,213 which was subsequently amended upward to $320#687. EPA
monitored the contract primarily by reviewing written reports
submitted by APSO and by single visits to AlSO and to the
subcontractor, the University of Utah. The EPA Deputy
Administrator noted that the large number of ccntracts that EPA
administers makes onsite visits to all contractors wirtaally
impossible. The Federal Government has no laws prohibiting
research on dead fetuses or the products of conception; AlSO
believed that it complied with State requirements concerning
such research. The issues raised regarding compliance with State
procedures and the adequacy of consent forrs should be referred
to the States involved. Sttistically significant data were not
generated, and EPA loes not plan tt, use the analytical method
developed. As a result, contract benefits to EPA are quite
limited. The contract should not have been awarded because of:
possible large cost differences in doing the study under
contract rather than in-house, the fact that a detection method
already existed, and realization that data would not be
developed in a timely manner. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaaxgi0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)