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Lessons Learned From the Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We examined 5 different ethical concerns about the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study and make some recommendations for future studies of exposure to hazardous environmental agents in the home. Researchers should seek community consultation and participation; make participants aware of all the risks associated with the research, including hazards discovered in the home and uncertainties about the risks of agents under investigation; and take steps to ensure that their studies will not have unfair representation of the poor or people of color. Researchers should also avoid even the appearance of a financial conflict of interest in studies that are likely to be controversial and make it clear to all parties that studies will not intentionally expose subjects to hazardous environmental agents.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2005.081729

Authors: David B. Resnik, Steven Wing

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Awards: G2599188192, Improving Environmental Health Research Through Dialogue, Community Health & Environmental Reawakening