Pediatricians Say We Need Stricter Chemical Laws (And We Agree!)
Good morning! Is it overcast and dreary where you are too? This might brighten your spirits:
In a big, bold move, the American Academy of Pediatrics is saying the U.S. is failing to protect kids from toxic chemicals.
From the wires:
“Children are not little adults,” Paulson, of Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., told Reuters Health. “Their bodies are different and their behaviors are different. That means that their exposures to chemicals in the environment are different, and the way their bodies (break down) those chemicals are different.”
Kids may be especially vulnerable to chemicals during important periods in development, when their brains and bodies are changing quickly, Paulson added.
Of course we know this already, and we also know it’s not just children (and fetuses) that are at risk, but it’s amazing to see it getting more muscle behind it. Plus, the kid angle is always an especially compelling one, and one that will certainly increase pressure to update the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Happy news, right?
Happy baby pose via this amazing site, with stick drawings of yoga poses
This is so important! People do have a strong response when their children are seen to be at risk, and eventually it will sink in (to the general public) that we are ALL at risk. This really makes me hopeful that positive change is on its way.
Beyond important! Please keep this topic coming back and back again until the day comes that it will finally dawns on everyone.
Chemicals do harm. No question about.
I saw this on the AAP twitter feed the other day. At least now I can quote the experts when I am being “that” mom at daycare.
Not exactly related but relevant just the same:
\There’s so much young people could do to show they care about breast cancer: They . . . . could spearhead projects on potential carcinogens in beauty products (which, to be fair, is something \I ♥ Boobies,\ in the wake of criticism of its mission, has now begun to emphasize).
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-orenstein-boobies-20110419,0,7726424.story