Editor:
In 1998 the EPA mandated child-proofing of rat poisons that were manufactured in candy-like pastel pellets.
It required that the pellets have a bitter taste and a bright dye that would stain the child’s mouth. But some manufacturers protested, and in the spirit of limiting government, “nanny state” and getting government off the back of business, the Bush Administration’s EPA rescinded those requirements in 2001.
The number of reported child poisonings went up every…