Is there a real need for the initiative?

Yes. Exposure to pesticides endangers human health. Children are especially at risk since their bodies and brains are still developing. Pesticides are linked with cancer, birth defects, asthma, endocrine disruption, genetic mutations, acute poisoning, decreased sperm counts, impaired neurological development in fetuses and infants, lymphoma and leukemia, as well as other human health effects. The United States National Academy of Sciences estimates that 25% of learning and behavioral disabilities in children are due to exposure to neurotoxic pesticides.

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