The issue focused on the state of new lawmaking at the federal level and particularly on how Congress intends to deal with research that scientists say shows chemicals can cause cancer.


In a report last week that prompted many questions, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences announced they had given preliminary approval for an existing scientific study that determined an increase in some types of cancer from chemicals used in organic farming may be caused by pesticide exposure and a decrease in several cancers from farm workers who handle the