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Nov
19
Chemicals Making Environment Toxic For Children
Filed Under Children's Health, Food Toxins, Health Care Reform
A host of childhood diseases are on the rise and scientists say there is a direct link to the amount of toxic chemicals in the air. They’re routinely finding a whole suite of chemicals in everybody. Some smaller surveys done by Environmental Working Group and others have documented pretty much the same chemicals quite routinely in maternal breast milk and in the cord blood of newborns. Children are much more vulnerable to these chemicals which are causing cancer, asthma and a host of other diseases and illnesses. Chronic childhood diseases linked to exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment have been surging upward, costing the U.S. almost $55 billion a year.
That was the opening message 150 scientists and doctors heard Wednesday at a daylong symposium on children’s environmental health at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Philip J. Landrigan, professor and chairman of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, outlined the challenges facing those working to combat the rise of birth defects, asthma, neuro-developmental disorders and other major diseases of children in the United States and other industrial nations.
“The environment is a powerful determinant of human health, and there’s no group more vulnerable or susceptible to adverse influences in the environment than kids,” Landrigan said, explaining that children experience greater exposure to chemicals pound-for-pound than adults.
He said there are 3,000 high-volume chemicals used today; for roughly half, there is no basic toxicity information publicly available.
For the past six to eight years, national surveys have found these chemicals present in our blood and urine, he said.
“They’re routinely finding a whole suite of chemicals in everybody. Some smaller surveys done by Environmental Working Group and others have documented pretty much the same chemicals quite routinely in maternal breast milk and in the cord blood of newborns.”
Asthma, he said, results from a range of environmental factors, including tobacco smoke, pesticides, mold and cockroach droppings. Cancer in children has been linked to exposure to radiation, solvents, paints and pesticides.
Landrigan proposed a number of possible solutions to address these illnesses, including better testing of chemicals for toxicity, better tracking of diseases in children, more research and better training of health care providers.
Landrigan was in Milwaukee for a three-day conference sponsored by the Children’s Environmental Health Sciences Core Center, which is based at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
Other talks during the symposium highlighted research into the neurological effects of methylmercury in the fish consumed by Native Americans, links between exposure to solvents and congenital heart disease in Wisconsin, and the impact of exposure to trichloroethylene on the hearts of birds.
http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/63009612.html
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For all of our safety and especially our childrens, every chemical that we are exposed to directly and indirectly should be tested for its possible effects on our bodies. We do it with pharmaceuticals, we can do it with chemicals. Chemical companies should have to pay to have this done by totally independent laboratories. Any compromised research should be dealt with with severe penalties - - including mega fines and jail time.
We already have the facilities to do this. Why can’t we do such a simple thing for our children’s safety?????????
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I appreciate this informative article getting out to the public. We have been conducting 1 hour programs for groups titled “Toxins in the Home” for quite awhile. It relates to chemicals in the home including cleaning products and their effect on health.
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I was able to write for a local newspaper for the last year. I think anyone can do this. I told the editor I would make suggestions for the entire year of toxic products to avoid and non toxic products with which to replace them. I covered everything from food and cleaning supplies to air and water filters. Think globally, act locally.
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