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Many of the pesticides applied to food crops in this country are present in foods and may pose risks to human health. Current regulations are intended to protect the health of the general population by controlling pesticide use. This book explores whether the present regulatory approaches adequately protect infants and children, who may differ from adults in susceptibility and in dietary exposures to pesticide residues.
The committee focuses on four major areas:

Susceptibility: Are children more susceptible or less susceptible than adults to the effects of dietary exposure to pesticides?
Exposure: What foods do infants and children eat, and which pesticides and how much of them are present in those foods? Is the current information on consumption and residues adequate to estimate exposure?
Toxicity: Are toxicity tests in laboratory animals adequate to predict toxicity in human infants and children? Do the extent and type of toxicity of some chemicals vary by species and by age?
Assessing risk: How is dietary exposure to pesticide residues associated with response? How can laboratory data on lifetime exposures of animals be used to derive meaningful estimates of risk to children? Does risk accumulate more rapidly during the early years of life?

This book will be of interest to policymakers, administrators of research in the public and private sectors, toxicologists, pediatricians and other health professionals, and the pesticide industry.

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CHOICE Review

Prior and subsequent to its publication, this long-awaited report has been given an inordinate amount of media attention. The public remains divided as to its importance and effectiveness, as does the scientific community. A thorough, balanced, and objective summary of available information on the subject, the report calls for improvements in the evaluation and regulation of pesticide residue risks in infants' and children's food. It recognizes the need to improve food consumption data, methods to calculate and quantify risks, and to change the pesticide regulation process, especially as impacting children. (All current databases and methods seem to be aimed largely at adult populations.) The book summarizes the current status of pesticide use, relevant data collection procedures, toxicity testing methods, and federal regulations. Recommendations are made toward improvements in all these areas. Since the implementation process is largely political, the debate on the subject will continue unabated. Graduate through professional. M. Kroger; Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus