Special Risk Groups
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Related PEI Environmental Health Co-op projects: Healthy Homes for Babies | Healthy Environments (PEI Early Learning Centres) | Healthy Environments for Kids (Family Resource Centres)
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Children
News
- Chemical exposures cause child IQ losses that rival major diseases (Environmental Health News, 24 Feb 2012)
- Childhood obesity linked to phthalate exposure (Environmental Health News, 7 Feb 2012)
- Health Canada recalls kid's jewelry for possible lead, cadmium (The Star, 24 Jan 2012)
- Pesticides taint one-fifth of kids' food (Environmental Health News, 21 Oct 2010)
General Background
- Babies & Kids More Vulnerable to Toxins (Healthy Child Healthy World)
- Ingredients to avoid in children's personal care (SkinDeep)
- What is making American children sick? An investigation of a provocative thesis about the American lifestyle and its effects on children's health (WCVB TV, site with links to videos, May 2009)
- EWG's Guide to Healthy Child Care (Environmental Working Group) [PDF, 0.1 Mb]
- Growing Up on Chemicals: Our Children's Toxic Environment (Healthy Child)
The unborn child
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Critical Windows of Development - an interactive site of which parts of your baby's development are affected by chemicals (TEDX)
- Prenatal origins of endocrine disruption (TEDX)
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Give kids a green and healthy start (Environmental Working Group)
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Brain food: fish women should avoid (Environmental Working Group)
- Scientists warn of chemical-autism link (CNN, 7 June 2011)
0-3 years old
- Pediatricians seek better regulation of toxins (USA Today, 24 April 2011)
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No more toxic tub! Getting Contaminants Out of Children's Bath & Personal Care Products (Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, 12 Mar 2009)
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EWG's Guide to Infant Formula and Baby Bottles: Safe Baby Bottle and Formula Guide (Environmental Working Group) [executive summary]
- 232 Toxic Chemicals in 10 Minority Babies (Environmental Working Group)
3-8 years old
- Green child-proofing for toxic tots (Green Living)
- Carcinogens at Home (Cancer Prevention Coalition)
- Preschoolers Exposed to BPA through Food (Discovery News, 9 June 2011)
8-11 years old
- Use Nontoxic Head Lice Treatments (The Daily Green)
- Eco-Healthy Factsheet: Treated Playground Equipment (Children's Environmental Health Network)
- Eco-Healthy Factsheet: Art Supplies (Children's Environmental Health Network)
11-16 years old
- Healthy Beauty for Life (Prevent Cancer Now, 3 Feb 2012)
- Adolescent exposures to cosmetic chemicals of concern (EWG, Sept 2008)
- Teen Girls' Body Burden of Hormone-Altering Cosmetics Chemicals (Environmental Working Group)
School children
- EWG's Back-To-School Guide (Environmental Working Group)
- Healthy School Lunches in 3 Steps (The Daily Green)
- Healthy Schools Don't Just Happen - They Need YOU (Canadians for a Safe Learning Environment)
- EWG's Healthy Halloween Tips (Environmental Working Group)
- How to check if your child's school is "asthma friendly" (PEI Asthma Centre)
- Cleaning Supplied Can Contaminate Classroom Air (Environmental Working Group)
- School Cleaners Test Results (Environmental Working Group)
- New research links school air quality to school cleaning supplies (Environmental Working Group) [PDF 0.5 Mb]
- EWG's air pollution tests of school cleaning supplies detected hundreds of contaminants, including six that cause asthma, 11 tied to cancer in people, and many more that have never been evaluated for safety.
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WOMEN
***For special considerations for pregant women, see "The unborn child"
- Infertile couples have higher exposure to phthalates (Environmental Health News, 22 Feb 2012)
- Reduce Chemicals to Increase Fertility (Healthy Child, 14 Feb 2012)
- Flat Out Risky: Hair Straightener Makers and Salons Cover Up Dangers (EWG, April 2011)
- Brain Food: Fish Women Should Avoid (Environmental Working Group)
- Environmental Exposure: the CancerSmart Guide to Breast Cancer Prevention [PDF 0.7 Mb] (Toxic Free Canada)
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- Infertile couples have higher exposure to phthalates (Environmental Health News, 22 Feb 2012)
- Reduce Chemicals to Increase Fertility (Healthy Child, 14 Feb 2012)
- Humanity at risk: Are the males going first? [PDF 0.03 Mb] (Globe and Mail, 20 Sep 2008)
- A section on male breast cancer (p. 15) can be found in Environmental Exposure: the CancerSmart Guide to Breast Cancer Prevention [PDF 0.7 Mb] (Toxic Free Canada)
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