Vimpat was tested in people 17 years of age and older. Most effective seizure medications are usually effective at all ages, but side effects and dosages can differ. Because Vimpat affects the brain growth factor, CRMP-2, a possible negative effect on brain development in young children cannot be ruled out.
During the 1960s, environmentalism became a mass social movement. Drawing on a culture of political activism inspired in part by the civil rights and antiwar movements, thousands of citizens, particularly young middle-class white men and women, became involved with environmental politics.
A grassroots movement is one which uses the people in a given district as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at the local, regional, national, or international level. Grassroots movements are associated with bottom-up, rather than top-down decision making, and are sometimes considered more natural or spontaneous than more traditional power structures. Grassroots movements, using self-o