Mixed Results in New EPA Report on Toxins and Children
![We've come a long way from the days when DDT was sprayed on children to kill lice, as in this photo from Germany in 1945.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141031025808im_/http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/files/2013/01/3418228-100x100.jpg)
We’ve come a long way since the days when kids played in clouds of DDT, gas stations sold leaded gasoline, and smoking near youngsters was commonplace. America has made great strides since the 1970s in reducing toxins in the environment that cause health issues in children, according to a new edition of the EPA report, [...]