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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... vulnerable to environmental toxins . And recent studies suggest that their vulnerability is being tested every day . Last year's alarm over the distinct risk to children from pesti- cides on apples , new evidence about the dangers of ...
... vulnerable to environmental toxins . And recent studies suggest that their vulnerability is being tested every day . Last year's alarm over the distinct risk to children from pesti- cides on apples , new evidence about the dangers of ...
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... vulnerability to environmental toxins , and focus attention on the overlooked , but simmering , anxiety about child health and safety . In California , the state often thought of as light years ahead of the nation in efforts to protect ...
... vulnerability to environmental toxins , and focus attention on the overlooked , but simmering , anxiety about child health and safety . In California , the state often thought of as light years ahead of the nation in efforts to protect ...
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... vulnerable to environmental toxins . And recent studies suggest that their vulnerability is being tested every day . Last year's alarm over the distinct risk to children from pesticides on apples , new evidence about the dangers of lead ...
... vulnerable to environmental toxins . And recent studies suggest that their vulnerability is being tested every day . Last year's alarm over the distinct risk to children from pesticides on apples , new evidence about the dangers of lead ...
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... vulnerable to these disorders . ( Office of Technology Assessment , 1990 ) • The World Health Organization cites the following factors which may influence the vulnerability of children as compared with adults when exposed to chemicals ...
... vulnerable to these disorders . ( Office of Technology Assessment , 1990 ) • The World Health Organization cites the following factors which may influence the vulnerability of children as compared with adults when exposed to chemicals ...
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... vulnerable and least culpable inhabitants , and that is children . We hope our report will help point some light on that . Second , we pay particular attention to the needs of children who are poor , or at risk , and children of color ...
... vulnerable and least culpable inhabitants , and that is children . We hope our report will help point some light on that . Second , we pay particular attention to the needs of children who are poor , or at risk , and children of color ...
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