Three years later, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act , which, for the first time, required specific protections for fetuses, infants, and young children. As a result, the development of new child-specific standards has been on the EPA's agenda since 1997. To date, however, no new standards have emerged. Children's smaller bodies are still developing and are less capable of handling toxins . Consider the grape, for instance.
Kids love grapes, and they also consume large quantities of raisins and grape juice.
Apples, apple sauce, and apple juice are perennial favorites with toddlers and preschoolers. So children would naturally be at greater risk if grapes and apples contain anything harmful. The most common foods, such as apples, may contain harmful amounts of pesticides. And they do. Ten years after Alar , the well-known apple crisis of 1989, pesticide use on fruits and vegetables has only increased.