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Everyday Environmental Toxins - Children's Exposure Risks (Paperback)
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Everyday Environmental Toxins - Children's Exposure Risks (Paperback)
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This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This
collection of timely chapters presents a nuanced study of
environmental toxins and the risks they pose to children's
development. The book details the impact of a number of commonplace
environmental toxins, focusing on everyday exposure to tobacco
smoke, lead, pesticides, and flame retardants. There is growing
recognition that the impact of the environment on children's health
is of critical importance for both current and future generations.
In the last half-century, thousands of chemicals have been
introduced into the environment with limited-although
growing-research on the consequences of exposure. It has been
proven that children and adolescents are far more vulnerable than
adults to these environmental toxins by virtue of children's
behaviors, higher metabolic rate, greater skin area relative to
their volume, and still developing organ systems. Increased number
of ear infections, poor asthma control, and learning disabilities
are just some of the adverse outcomes that have been noted. This
well-researched book: * Presents detailed information on why
children are more vulnerable to everyday toxins * Discusses why new
approaches to medical care are necessary that take into account
children's unique physiology and development * Offers well-defined
research on tobacco smoking on prenatal development as well as
children's exposure to tobacco smoke during their early years,
particularly the evidence of asthma and asthma-like symptoms *
Examines the possible health effects of children born to mothers
living in areas of natural gas development * Looks at the health
effects of childhood exposure to environmental lead, using GIS
technology to study areas of potentially high lead concentrations *
Discusses the possible effects of agricultural pesticides on
children's health during gestation * Presents studies on prenatal
and adolescent exposure to PBDEs used as flame retardants in many
household and commercial products to prevent fire This valuable
book, edited by a pediatric clinician at Boston's Children's
Hospital, provides a wealth of information on this important issue.
The book concludes with an article by the World Health
Organization, which offers a practical and comprehensive summary of
a series of action steps. The book aims to create greater awareness
to spur additional research, provide vital information to
clinicians, and send a powerful message to government officials,
putting pressure on them to develop policies that improve the
quality of the environment and spare children the detrimental
effects of such exposures.
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