Why are children more vulnerable to chemicals of concern?
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Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on three takeaways:
1) Children have critical "windows of vulnerability."
2) Children are exposed to and absorb proportionately larger doses of chemicals of concern than adults.
3) Children have unique exposures.
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