EPA to issue tighter rules for children, pollutants

Tuesday, March 4, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Babies and toddlers have a 10 times greater cancer risk than adults when exposed to certain gene-damaging chemicals, the government said Monday, in proposing tougher environmental guidelines that would take into account the greater hazards to the young.

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