Protecting Children from Environmental Toxins
Open Access
- 29 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 2 (3), e61
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020061
Abstract
Lanphear and colleagues argue that the existing requirements in the US for toxicity testing and regulation of pesticides and industrial chemicals are inadequate to safeguard children.Keywords
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