RT Journal
A1 Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
T1 CHildren's environmental health
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD October 1
VO 166
IS 10
SP 976
OP 976
DO 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.8
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.8
AB 
Chemicals (one of the many types of environmental toxins) are used to make things that we use every day. There are now more than 84 000 different chemicals used in making products such as food, clothes, and toys. Many of these chemicals have been created to help us store and use food, such as plastics. Others were developed to improve safety, such as flame retardants. Others were developed to improve quality of life, such as pesticides.