Remarkably little research has been done to assess the effects of regular exposure to the levels of organophosphate pesticide or growth hormone that the government deems “tolerable” in our foods. (One problem with these official tolerances is that they don’t adequately account for children’s exposure to pesticides, which, because of children’s size and eating habits, is much greater than adults’.) Given what we do know about exposure to endocrine disruptors, the biological impact of which depends less on dose than timing, minimizing a child’s exposure to these chemicals seems like a prudent
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