{"id":25993,"date":"2016-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/resource\/children\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:00:17","slug":"children","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/resources\/children\/","title":{"rendered":"Children & Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to pesticides, children are among the most vulnerable<\/a>. Pound for pound, they drink 2.5 times more water, eat 3-4 times more food, and breathe 2 times more air. They therefore absorb a higher concentration of pesticides than adults.<\/p>\n

Infants and children also face unique exposure because of how they interact with the world: they crawl on the ground and put things in their mouths \u2014 including their hands. They also face exposure during critical windows in the womb and via breast milk.<\/p>\n

Developing Brains & Bodies<\/h2>\n

\"\"Since they are growing so quickly, infants and young children are more susceptible to the effects of pesticide exposure than adults. Their developing brains and bodies are in the midst of complex and fragile developmental processes that regulate tissue growth and organ development \u2014 and these developmental processes can be irreversibly derailed by pesticide exposure.
\nDrawings by preschoolers exposed to pesticides (Valley) compared to those by preschoolers not exposed (Foothills). See “Developmental Delay” below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Research indicates that children exposed to pesticides either in utero<\/em>, or during other critical periods face significant health risks including higher incidence of:<\/p>\n