1. Ten Years after the Food Quality Protection Act: Healthier children or unnecessary burden?
Elaine M. Faustman
Institute for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication
University of Washington
Department of Environmental Health

2. Example Key Events for Children’s Health Research and Translation
(1993) NRC Report Pesticides in the Diet of Infants and Children.
(1996) Food Quality Protection Act.
(1998 – Present) NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health Research Centers.
(2002) USEPA Children’s Exposure Factors Handbook.
(2006) WHO Environmental Health Criteria Document on Children’s Health.
(2007) National Children’s Study.

3. Kids ≠ Little Adults
Mochica, Effigy Jar with Mother and Child, © Bettmann/CORBIS

4. FQPA

5. Current Contents Search Post FQPA Searches current journals, web sites, and books

6. Web of Science Search Logarithmic Increasing Trend
FQPA (1996)

7. Criteria for Assessment
Pros:
Improved visibility of children’s issues.
Increased Research on children’s health.
Expanded scientific literature on children.
Increased emphasis on improving exposure information with recognition of complexities of cumulative exposure roots.
Increased use of science for developing mechanistic approaches – recognition of life stage sensitivity.

8. Criteria for Assessment
Cons:
Mandated a 10x Safety factor:
May give a false sense of safety or overprotection
Emphasis
Needs to be on understanding mechanisms of susceptibility and response.