NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Infants and children are more susceptible than adults to a range of environmental hazards. Young children (under five years) have limited mobility. They depend on others to move them out of dangerous situations. Young children are less able to perceive risk.

Detailed explanation-2: -Children and the elderly are often most at increased risk. Children are often more heavily exposed to toxins in the environment than adults because pound for pound, children breathe more air, drink more water, and eat more food than adults.

Detailed explanation-3: -Due to their size, physiology, and behavior, children are more vulnerable than adults to environmental hazards. Children are more heavily exposed to toxins in proportion to their body weight, and have more years of life ahead of them in which they may suffer long-term effects from early exposure.

Detailed explanation-4: -The developing brain in utero and during the first years of life is highly vulnerable to environmental influences.