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EPA Proposes Cancer-Risk Guidelines for Kids
Published March 4, 2003
After years of study, the federal government has formally acknowledged that children need extra protection from cancer-causing chemicals found on everything from playground equipment to fruit.
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Orlando-area physicians, along with the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research and advocacy organization, said Monday that parents can help protect their children by washing raw foods or buying organic foods that have not been exposed to pesticides and insecticides, and by washing the hands of children who have played on wood products treated with arsenic.
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