Goldman L R
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA.
Future Child. 1995 Summer-Fall;5(2):27-33.
Doing a better job of protecting children from environmental hazards requires having more and better information about both children's susceptibility and their exposure to toxic substances. There are many critical gaps in knowledge of this issue. This article presents several examples specifically related to children's exposure to pesticides which illustrate environmental risks for children. The cases examined include the risk posed to children by the use of the insecticide aldicarb on bananas, and reported illnesses in children caused by the use of the insecticide diazinon in the home and by the use of interior house paint containing mercury. The cases presented illustrate how regulatory agencies, parents, health care providers, and others who come into contact with children on a regular basis all have roles to play in filling in the information gaps regarding children's exposure to environmental hazards and the deleterious effects of these exposures.
要更好地保护儿童免受环境危害，就需要掌握更多、更准确的信息，了解儿童的易感性以及他们接触有毒物质的情况。在这个问题上，知识方面存在许多关键空白。本文列举了几个与儿童接触农药具体相关的例子，这些例子说明了儿童面临的环境风险。所研究的案例包括在香蕉上使用涕灭威杀虫剂对儿童造成的风险，以及在家中使用二嗪农杀虫剂和使用含汞室内墙面漆导致儿童患病的报告。所呈现的案例表明，监管机构、家长、医疗保健提供者以及其他经常与儿童接触的人员，在填补有关儿童接触环境危害及其接触所产生的有害影响的信息空白方面都发挥着作用。
