The Right Call on CHEERS?

Dangerousmeta articulates what I found disquieting about the progressive response to EPA’s Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS):

There’s a lot of outrage over this, as written here (and other sources). But in reading the actual documents, this is an attempt to measure effects of pesticide use on children in normal households. The government isn’t spraying pesticides in homes. They’re merely monitoring families with young children who routinely use pesticides. I see fellow online left-leaners carelessly throwing about the descriptor “Mengele” without reading the actual study information.

EPA didn’t do a good job of engaging stakeholders (clearly so – a U.S. Senator threatened to hold up confirmation of the administrator-nominee if he didn’t cancel the study). And, EPA was internally conflicted about the wisdom and ethics of the situation. But I think Dangerousmeta is correct. I wonder how many of those objecting to the study actually read the protocol?