STUDY: Children's Vulnerability to Organophosphates 1. David Wallinga, M.D.; MPA; Linda Greer, Ph.D.

SOURCE: Natural Resources Defense Council, November 2000, p.57 (74).

This report discusses children’s risks to the toxic effects of organophosphates. "It is now widely accepted that among a child’s developing organs, the brain - as well as the developing immune, reproductive and endocrine systems – are particularly sensitive to chemical injury". Recent studies propose the nature of adverse affects induced by organophosphate in young developing brains. "Exposure to even a single, low-level dose of organophosphates, during particular times of early brain development, can cause permanent changes in brain chemistry as well as changes in behavior, such as hyperactivity".

1. Information adapted from Appendix A: Children’s Vulnerability to Organophosphates.

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