| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 210 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
What Everyone Needs to Know |
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What everyone needs to know.
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| Contents |
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 |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed June 14, 2019) |
| Subject |
Environmentally induced diseases in children -- United States
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Pediatric toxicology -- United States
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Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States
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Children.
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Environmental Pollutants -- adverse effects
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Toxicology -- methods
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Child
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children (people by age group)
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Children
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Children -- Health and hygiene
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Environmentally induced diseases in children
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Pediatric toxicology
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Landrigan, Mary M., author.
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| ISBN |
9780190662653 |
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0190662654 |
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9780190662660 |
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0190662662 |
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