Pesticides in dietary foods for infants and young children

[...]the estimated 95th centiles of consumption of manufactured baby foods in infants aged 12 months are as high as almost 50 g/kg body weight per day. 7 Qualitative differences in toxicity result from the particular sensitivity of a growing and developing infant where exposure can have other effect...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1999-01, Vol.80 (1), p.91-92
Main Authors: Koletzko, B, Aggett, P J, Agostoni, C, Baerlocher, K, Bresson, J-L, Cooke, R J, Decsi, T, Deutsch, J, Janda, J, Manz, F, Moya, M, Rigo, J, Socha, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy
Babies
Baby foods
Biological and medical sciences
Body weight
Child Health
Endocrine system
Food
Gastroenterology
Hazardous Materials
Hepatology
Infants
Medical sciences
Metabolism
Metabolites
Neurotoxicity
Nutrition
Pesticide toxicity
Pesticides
Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology
Risk assessment
Toxicology
Working groups
Young Children
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Summary:[...]the estimated 95th centiles of consumption of manufactured baby foods in infants aged 12 months are as high as almost 50 g/kg body weight per day. 7 Qualitative differences in toxicity result from the particular sensitivity of a growing and developing infant where exposure can have other effects than in the steady state situation of an adult. 8 For example, delayed neurotoxicity of pesticides has been observed in animal studies as a result of exposure during a susceptible period of early organ development, with a dose considered subtoxic to adults. 1 Such functional toxicity of pesticides on the developing organism is not only restricted to the nervous system but has also been observed as toxicity on the developing reproductive, immune, and endocrine system. 1 Little work has been done to identify long term effects after a period of latency, and a serious methodological limitation is that long term effects in humans cannot be reliably simulated in experimental animals.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.80.1.91