Everyday Environmental Toxins : Children's Exposure Risks.

FRONT COVER -- ABOUT THE EDITOR -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HOW TO CITE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I - INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 - CHILDREN ARE NOT LITTLE ADULTS (EXCERPT FROM CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE) -- CHAPTER 2 - WINDOWS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES IN CHILDREN (EXCERPT FROM CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE) -- CHAPTER 3 - DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES IN CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- PART II - EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE -- CHAPTER 4 - PRENATAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD DNA CpG METHYLATION -- CHAPTER 5 - EVALUATION OF SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF ASTHMA-LIKE SYMPTOMS AND TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD BY WELL-CHILD PROFESSIONALS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL -- PART III - AMBIENT AND HOUSEHOLD EXPOSURES -- CHAPTER 6 - PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINES AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN THE U.S. COLLABORATIVE PERINATAL PROJECT -- CHAPTER 7 - BIRTH OUTCOMES AND MATERNAL RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY TO NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL COLORADO -- PART IV - LEAD EXPOSURE -- CHAPTER 8 - EXPLORING CHILDHOOD LEAD EXPOSURE THROUGH GIS: A REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 9 - LINKING SOURCE AND EFFECT: RESUSPENDED SOIL LEAD, AIR LEAD, AND CHILDREN'S BLOOD LEAD LEVELS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- PART V - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE EXPOSURES -- CHAPTER 10 - NEURODEVELOPMENTALDISORDERS AND PRENATAL RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY TO AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES: THE CHARGE STUDY -- CHAPTER 11 - SEVEN-YEAR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL SCORES AND PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO CHLORPYRIFOS, A COMMON AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE -- PART VI - FLAME RETARDANTS -- CHAPTER 12 - PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO PBDES AND NEURODEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 13 - NEUROBEHAVIORAL FUNCTION AND LOW-LEVEL EXPOSURE TO BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS IN ADOLESCENTS: A CROSSSECTIONAL STUDY.

PART VII - LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 14 - UNCERTAIN INHERITANCE: TRANSGENERATIONAL EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES -- CHAPTER 15 - TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS (EXCERPT FROM CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE) -- AUTHOR NOTES -- BACK COVER.

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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