children more vulnerable to environmental toxins than adults.are clear from the table below
| Children | Adults |
| They are constantly growing--------So need more air to breathe, more food to eat and more water to drink water in propoertion to their body weight | Not so in proportion to weight |
| Their all functioning systems like immune system, neurological system reproductive system digestive system are still growing------So at certain point of devolopment certain environmental pollution may be the cause of irreversible damage of their system | Not so as the systems are already devoloped fully |
| Patterns of behaviour is different and so as the exposureSome crawl ,some contaminate their hands with the ground and dusts and microbes can affect them easily than adults | |
| Children have little control over their environment ..Most of the time they are unaware of the risks and unable to protect themselves from the enviromental toxins |
why are children more vulnerable to environmental toxins than adults.
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