Environmental Toxins and Children: Exploring the Risks : Hearing Before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 Presents the report of a series of hearings on environmental toxins and the risks to children, examining the best available evidence about children's vulnerability to environmental toxins and the concern about child health and safety. Some of the toxins discussed are lead poisoning, pesticides and their residues, asbestos in schools, and other agriculturally related toxins effecting children in rural and low-income areas. |
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... vegetables and fruits . Third , when a poor child is affected by an environmental hazard and develops a health problem , they are less likely to have the problem detected and treated due to poor children's greater likeli- hood of being ...
... vegetables and fruits . Third , when a poor child is affected by an environmental hazard and develops a health problem , they are less likely to have the problem detected and treated due to poor children's greater likeli- hood of being ...
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... fruits and vegetables . When poor children are affected by environmental hazards , they are less likely to have the ... fruit 17.
... fruits and vegetables . When poor children are affected by environmental hazards , they are less likely to have the ... fruit 17.
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... fruits and vegetables , which are usually more expensive . When poor children are affected by environmental hazards , they are less likely to have the health insurance and access to health care for treatment . Poor children also face ...
... fruits and vegetables , which are usually more expensive . When poor children are affected by environmental hazards , they are less likely to have the health insurance and access to health care for treatment . Poor children also face ...
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... fruits and vegetables that comes out of his valley . So I think what he was trying to say is that the laws are not being enforced . And how to ensure them is by , from the County to the State level , the lack of resources or enforcement ...
... fruits and vegetables that comes out of his valley . So I think what he was trying to say is that the laws are not being enforced . And how to ensure them is by , from the County to the State level , the lack of resources or enforcement ...
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... fruits and vegetables outweighs any ef- fects of pesticide residues . So we ought to use a lot of pesticides , because we will have more fruit and vegetables for the rich kids up in Piedmont . And then they can all avoid cancer . What I ...
... fruits and vegetables outweighs any ef- fects of pesticide residues . So we ought to use a lot of pesticides , because we will have more fruit and vegetables for the rich kids up in Piedmont . And then they can all avoid cancer . What I ...
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