TY - JOUR AU - Naidenko, Olga V. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/10 TI - Application of the Food Quality Protection Act children’s health safety factor in the U.S. EPA pesticide risk assessments JO - Environmental Health SP - 16 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, or FQPA, required the Environmental Protection Agency to set allowable levels for pesticides in a way that would “ensure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue.” The act stipulated that an additional tenfold margin of safety for pesticide risk assessments shall be applied to account for pre- and postnatal toxicity and for any data gaps regarding pesticide exposure and toxicity, unless there are reliable data to demonstrate that a different margin would be safe for infants and children. SN - 1476-069X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-0571-6 DO - 10.1186/s12940-020-0571-6 ID - Naidenko2020 ER -