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.
There is still a great deal of environmental activism, but in the past five decades environmental concerns have become more ingrained in the consciousness of the American population. The rise of the modern environmental movement in America can be traced to several widely publicized events in the 1960s and the 1970s.