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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... present : Representatives Miller , Boxer , and Stark . Staff present : Karabelle Pizzigati , staff director ; Felicia Korn- bluh , research assistant ; and Dennis G. Smith , minority staff direc- tor . Chairman MILLER . The Select ...
... present : Representatives Miller , Boxer , and Stark . Staff present : Karabelle Pizzigati , staff director ; Felicia Korn- bluh , research assistant ; and Dennis G. Smith , minority staff direc- tor . Chairman MILLER . The Select ...
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... present in breast milk and are transferred to the nursing child . The amount of toxic substances in a breastfeeding child can surpass levels in the mother's body . ( Wolff , 1990 ) HOME PESTICIDE USE PLACES CHILDREN AT RISK OF ILLNESS • 6.
... present in breast milk and are transferred to the nursing child . The amount of toxic substances in a breastfeeding child can surpass levels in the mother's body . ( Wolff , 1990 ) HOME PESTICIDE USE PLACES CHILDREN AT RISK OF ILLNESS • 6.
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... present testimony on environmental toxins and children . Before I turn it over to the author of our report that we are re- leasing in conjunction with the hearing today , I would like to tell you briefly the reasons why Children NOW ...
... present testimony on environmental toxins and children . Before I turn it over to the author of our report that we are re- leasing in conjunction with the hearing today , I would like to tell you briefly the reasons why Children NOW ...
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... present . Poor families simply lack the financial resources to avoid hazards that might exist , either by removing them or by buying alternative products like organic vegetables and fruits . Third , when a poor child is affected by an ...
... present . Poor families simply lack the financial resources to avoid hazards that might exist , either by removing them or by buying alternative products like organic vegetables and fruits . Third , when a poor child is affected by an ...
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... present testimony on environmental toxins and children . This hearing is critical at a time of growing awareness about the need to protect and preserve the environment . While most Americans grasp the long - term implications of ...
... present testimony on environmental toxins and children . This hearing is critical at a time of growing awareness about the need to protect and preserve the environment . While most Americans grasp the long - term implications of ...
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