Compromising our children: chemical impacts on children’s

0,33
MB intelligence and behaviour

34
stron

4090
ID World Wildlife Fund International

2004
rok

Contents

Foreword by Esther Rantzen 5

Introduction 7

Interference with our body’s chemical messenger system 8

Uncontrolled global experiment 9

Hidden dangers 10

Incinerators, Power Stations and Factories 10

Old Transformers, Paints and Fridges 10

Computers, TVs, Furniture, Cars and Videos 10

Bottles, Can Linings and Fillings 11

Serious impacts 12

Decreased Intelligence and Altered Movement Skills 12

Altered masculine and feminine behaviour 14

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 15

Autism 15

A real and pervasive problem 17

Cost 20

Chemicals and life 22

REFERENCES 23