Description
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(R) 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.
Author: Philip J. Landrigan, Mary M. Landrigan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/01/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780190662639
ISBN10: 0190662638
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | General
- Medical | Public Health
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
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(R) 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.
Author: Philip J. Landrigan, Mary M. Landrigan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/01/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780190662639
ISBN10: 0190662638
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | General
- Medical | Public Health
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
About the Author
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, M.Sc., is Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine and Founding Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.