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             Because of their physiology, children face certain health risks that adults do not, and have been found to be particularly at risk to health dangers from exposure to pesticide residues in food. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, governmental agencies and independent organizations conducted studies on chemical pesticide toxicities. In 1996 the EPA began testing of all pesticides on the market to specifically determine their risk levels for children. Many pesticides have already been banned because of their propensity for causing cancer, birth defects, and neurological disorders in children and infants. Because there is conflicting information in the media about which chemicals are dangerous and to what degree, parents must be wise about the measures they take to protect their own children. Using only organically grown produce and refraining from the use of any pesticide products in one's own garden and lawn are two of the most important ways parents can protect their childre!
             Children face unique health risks because of their physiological differences with adults. Unfortunately, it is easy for adults to forget this fact. According to scientists Lawrie Mott of the Natural Resources Defense Council, pesticides are one of the five worst environmental threats to our nation's children (Dumanoski, p. 46). Indeed, the recent increases in cases of childhood cancer (brain and leukemia are the most common forms in children), birth defects, and learning disorders are serious causes for alarm.
             Can any of these disorders be proven to be caused by pesticide residues? Of all health risks to children, pesticide use is certainly one that seems to have garnered much attention from researchers and the media. Unfortunately for consumers, there are so many conflicting opinions and information that it is difficult to determine the true dangers, how much of what will cause which medical problems?
             Children are exposed to so many dangers, such a...

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