Children and environmental toxins : what everyone needs to know / Philip J. Landrigan, Mary M. Landrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landrigan, Philip J., author.

Landrigan, Mary M., author.

Series:

What everyone needs to know

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentally induced diseases in children--United States.

Environmentally induced diseases in children.

Pediatric toxicology--United States.

Pediatric toxicology.

Children--Health and hygiene--United States.

Children.

Children--Health and hygiene.

Environmental Pollutants--adverse effects.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Environmental Pollutants--adverse effects.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xxi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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. The Landrigans offer an authoritative yet accessible question-and-answer guide to environmental threats to children's health.

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.

Machine generated contents note: Preface Introduction 1. Changing diseases in a changing environment

Patterns of childhood disease

then and now

Environmental changes

2. New chemicals and new childhood chemical exposures

Explosive growth of chemicals

Early warning signs

Gaps in safety and toxicity testing

Childhood exposure to new chemicals

3. Children's unique vulnerability to toxic chemicals in the environment

Unique windows of vulnerability exist in children

Children process toxic exposures more slowly than adults

Children's higher metabolism rates make different demands on their bodies than adults

Childhood exposures can incubate for many years and may cause adult disease

Exposures are proportionately greater in children than in adults

Normal hand-to-mouth behavior increases their exposure to toxins

Children live closer to the ground and have different exposures than adults

Other risk factors compound the problem

4. The links between childhood disease and toxic chemicals in the environment

The increase in autism, ADHD, and other problems of the developing brain

The increase in male birth defects, early puberty in girls, and testicular cancer in young mem

The increased incidence of asthma and allergies

New links between household toxins, obesity, and diabetes

The links between childhood exposures and adult disease

The growing problems with reproduction

The increases in childhood cancer

5. A Guide for Parents: Keeping Your Child Safe from Environmental Toxins

An environmental checklist for your home

Over 100 ways to protect your children and promote health as they grow

At home

10 ways to make baby's room safer

8 ways to avoid asthma and allergy attacks

10 practical ways to prevent lead poisoning

25 ways to minimize your child's exposure to endocrine disruptors

9 cautions about pesticides

11 ways to reduce exposure to unsafe foods

14 tips for avoiding exposure to household chemicals

6 ways to grow your child into a healthy adult

At day care

10 ways to make day care safer

At school

10 ways to make school safer

In the neighborhood

10 ways to make the neighborhood safer

Tips for future moms and dads

10 ways to protect future children

6. A Call to Action

Children's health, toxic chemicals and you

Policy and legislation: where we stand now

Evidence-based prevention

US standards vs standards in other countries

Consequences of our current situation

A call for a new public health revolution

New ways to protect children from environmental toxins

Our call to action

community based actions, state initiatives, federal legislation

Career opportunities for the future of public health.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190662639

0190662638

9780190662646

0190662646

OCLC:

982092982

Publisher Number:

99981561023