Trump's pick for EPA pollution czar says kids are less sensitive to pollution than adults

IN GENERAL thats true about children being more susecptible to chemicals. Mostly.

For him to say, thats DUMB even if accurate. It’s dumb.

The science of it is: paraoxinase is the detoxifying compound in the human liver. Infants produce low levels of paraoxonase 1 until six months to several years after birth, likely increasing the risk from chlorpyrifos exposure early in life. Therefore after the age of six months it IS less toxic to humans, mostly. Not a good policy argument, quite a picked cherry, really.

And he will never be able to make that point with those hamfists in his mouth.

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