Governments pass legislation, develop regulations and monitor compliance in many areas related to public safety including child safety. Mandate the use of devices that increase child safety, for example car seats and bicycle helmets. Enforce municipal by-laws for building and property safety standards, for example the use of smoke detectors and fences around private pools. The food children eat, the air they breathe, and the water they drink all contribute to their healthy development. Children behave differently than adults.
Children are physiologically different from adults.
Children's organs are still developing. This means that children's experience of their environment and its impact on their bodies cannot be judged by adult standards. Children, particularly young children, breathe closer to the ground which has a higher concentration of small particles of dust, mist and heavy gases. They eat up to eight times as much as adults in proportion to their body weight which may mean greater exposure to food related toxins. Also, children's organs are still developing.