This study assesses the health benefits of strict "cut-off criteria" on human health in relation to the proposal for a Regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (COM(2006) 388). The Common Position text provides that active substances classified as carcinogen,...

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...