They’re in the toys children play with, on the foods they eat and in the air they breathe. Each year, about 27 trillion lb. of chemicals are produced in or imported into the U.S., and pediatricians say there is precious little research regarding the effects that the bulk of these compounds may have on children’s development. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Environmental Health has urged the government to require more testing and evaluation of the tens of thousands of chemicals children are exposed to daily. The primary law regulating chemicals in the U.S., the…
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