| | Child Health and the Environment - A Primer |
| | 2,69 | | MB |
| | 134 | | stron |
| | 2974 | | ID | Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment |
| | 2005 | | rok |
| | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| | Chapter 1: Introduction .3 |
| | What Makes Children Healthy? ..5 |
| | Exposures of Concern 8 |
| | Chapter 2: Why Focus on Children? .19 |
| | Children are Different ..19 |
| | Greater Exposure than Adults ..20 |
| | More Vulnerable than Adults ..23 |
| | Windows of Vulnerability 25 |
| | Some Children are at Greater Risk than Others 28 |
| | Chapter 3: Health Effects of Concern .33 |
| | The Respiratory System ..34 |
| | The Developing Brain and Nervous System .36 |
| | Cancer .41 |
| | Human Reproduction and Child Development 46 |
| | The Endocrine System .51 |
| | The Immune System 55 |
| | Multiple Health Effects .57 |
| | Chapter 4: Children's Exposures .59 |
| | Describing Exposure .59 |
| | In the Womb: The First Environment ..61 |
| | Breast Milk: The First Food 62 |
| | Indoor Air and Dust 65 |
| | Outdoor Air 70 |
| | Food ..72 |
| | Water ..73 |
| | Chapter 5: What Is Being Done? .77 |
| | Research 78 |
| | International Commitments .79 |
| | Government Roles: Shared Responsibilities 81 |
| | Community Involvement .84 |
| | Regulating Environmental Risks: Have We Learned from Past Mistakes? .87 |
| | Moving Forward: Dealing with the "Backlog" 90 |
| | Assessing Multiple Effects and Multiple Exposures ..93 |
| | The Precautionary Principle: Better Safe than Sorry ..94 |
| | Chapter 6: Creating Healthy Environments for Children 97 |
| | The Environmental Childproofing Top Ten List ..98 |
| | Key References 115 |
| | Glossary ..120 |