TY - JOUR T1 - CHildren's environmental health AU - Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP Y1 - 2012/10/01 N1 - 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.8 JO - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine SP - 976 EP - 976 VL - 166 IS - 10 N2 - 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. SN - 1072-4710 M3 - doi: 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.8 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.8 ER -