The act demands, among other things, that schools provide 72 hours' notice to parents prior to application of pesticides at their children's schools. At a glance, that hardly seems onerous. They also don't realize how precise the applications of pesticides can be. Common techniques such as injecting gel bait directly into crevices leave children without the least chance of exposure. That's possibly true for a given pesticide, but not so as a general statement.
Children have no innate vulnerability to toxic matter.
Thus, just a few adult vitamins can be fatal to an infant. But if kids aren't especially vulnerable to pesticides, they are to pests. Take the ratio of venom to body weight. Each year, about 50 Americans are stung to death by bees, hornets and wasps. Other insects can kill, such as ticks carrying Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other illnesses.