I was poisoned by the EPA and all I got was this lousy t-shirt

Whoa, man. In 2004, the government pushed for a program that aimed to use babies as guinea pigs for the benefit of chemical companies like Dow. I had never heard of this until it was mentioned on the Al Franken Show on Friday.

A recruiting flier for the program, called Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or CHEERS, offered $970, a free camcorder, a bib and a T-shirt to parents whose infants or babies were exposed to pesticides if the parents completed the two-year study. The requirements for participation were living in Duval County, Fla., having a baby under 3 months old or 9 to 12 months old, and "spraying pesticides inside your home routinely."

C'mon, how bad could it be? I mean, gosh, the program is called CHEERS, people!

Seriously though, that is pretty twisted. Luckily, the program was killed, thanks to the efforts of "wacky" "liberal" "moonbats" like Barbara Boxer.