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Protecting Children from Environmental Toxins
0203 Epidemics of overt toxicity following widespread environmental contamination from commercial toxins heralded the discovery of children’s enhanced vulnerability to lead, methyl mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and tobacco [1,2,3,4,5] (Box 1). Over the past three decades, researchers have found that remarkably low-level exposures to these toxins are linked with less overt symptoms ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QUT Law Review
سال: 1990
ISSN: 2201-7275,2205-0507
DOI: 10.5204/qutlr.v6i0.329