Children are more vulnerable to environmental health threats than adults.
Their systems are still developing, and their small bodies receive proportionately greater exposures to chemicals. NRDC identifies the worst threats to children's health and works to minimize or eliminate them, while educating the public, the press and policymakers about children's special vulnerability. We've called special attention to farm children's exposure to pesticides. We've also fought for national standards to protect children from pesticides, and now we're ensuring that the new protections are upheld. A new NRDC study found that excess exhaust levels on school buses were 23 to 46 times higher than levels considered to be a significant cancer risk according to EPA guidelines.