| Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) Contributor(s): Landrigan, Philip J. (Author), Landrigan, Mary M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0190662638 ISBN-13: 9780190662639 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Infectious Diseases |
| Dewey: 616.980 |
| LCCN: 2017025622 |
| Series: What Everyone Needs to Know (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |