Children have died after ingesting
only 2 mg of parathion equal to a dose of
about 0.1 mg/kg. Young animals are more
susceptible than adults of the same species,
and the same may be true of children
(Gosselin et al., 1984). A 34-month-old boy
survived a dose of about 190 mg/kg malathion,
and a boy only 40-days-old survived after a
dose of approximately 1750 mg (about 407
mg/kg) (Gallo & Lawryk, 1991).