Children and environmental toxins : what everyone needs to know / Philip J. Landrigan, Mary M. Landrigan.
2018
RA1225 .L35 2018eb
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Title
Children and environmental toxins : what everyone needs to know / Philip J. Landrigan, Mary M. Landrigan.
ISBN
9780190662653 (electronic book)
0190662654 (electronic book)
9780190662639
0190662638
9780190662646
0190662646
0190662654 (electronic book)
9780190662639
0190662638
9780190662646
0190662646
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 210 pages) ; illustrations.
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RA1225 .L35 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.9/80083
Summary
"An accessible, authoritative guide to understanding the "silent spring" of threats in our collective backyard. More than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one-third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes, and as rates of childhood disease skyrocket -- autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and even birth defects -- it raises serious, difficult questions around how the chemical environment is impacting children's health. Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an accessible guide to understanding and identifying the potential sources of harm in a child's environment. Written by experts in pediatrics and environmental health and formatted in an easy to follow question-and-answer format, it offers parents, care providers, and activists a reliable introduction to a hotly debated topic. As the burdens of environmental toxins and disease continue to defy borders, this book provides a new benchmark to understanding the potential threats in our environment and food. No parent or care provider should be without it"-- Provided by publisher.
"Over the past four decades, the prevalence of autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and birth defects has increased substantially among children throughout the world. Not coincidentally, more than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during this same period. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes. Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know offers an authoritative yet accessible question-and-answer guide to the "silent spring" of environmental threats to children's health. As the burdens of environmental toxins and chronic disease continue to defy borders, this book will be an invaluable addition to the conspicuously sparse literature in this area"-- Provided by publisher.
"Over the past four decades, the prevalence of autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and birth defects has increased substantially among children throughout the world. Not coincidentally, more than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during this same period. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes. Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know offers an authoritative yet accessible question-and-answer guide to the "silent spring" of environmental threats to children's health. As the burdens of environmental toxins and chronic disease continue to defy borders, this book will be an invaluable addition to the conspicuously sparse literature in this area"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Landrigan, Mary M.
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What everyone needs to know.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The changing patterns of disease in children
The chemical environment
Children's unique vulnerability to toxic chemicals in the environment
The links between toxic chemicals in the environment and disease in children
Lead in the home
Allergens and respiratory irritants at home
Endocrine disruptors in the home
Pesticides and herbicides
Food
Toxic chemicals and other hazards in the home
Daycare
Schools
Epilogue.
The changing patterns of disease in children
The chemical environment
Children's unique vulnerability to toxic chemicals in the environment
The links between toxic chemicals in the environment and disease in children
Lead in the home
Allergens and respiratory irritants at home
Endocrine disruptors in the home
Pesticides and herbicides
Food
Toxic chemicals and other hazards in the home
Daycare
Schools
Epilogue.