An edition of Toxic chemicals and children's health in North America
(2006)
Toxic chemicals and children's health in North America
a call for efforts to determine the sources, levels of exposure, and risks that industrial chemicals pose to children's health
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Toxic chemicals and children's health in North America: a call for efforts to determine the sources, levels of exposure, and risks that industrial chemicals pose to children's health
2006, Commission for Environmental Cooperation
in English
292335835X 9782923358352
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Table of Contents
Executive summary
Introduction
Children's health overview
Children are uniquely vulnerable to many chemicals
Children have "windows of vulnerability"
Why a North American report on toxic chemicals and children's health?
Pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs): a source of information on chemicals from industrial activities
Methods and scope of this report
Children in North America
Demographics
Causes of death in North American children
Diseases related to environmental pollution affecting North American children
Types, exposures and potential health impacts of chemicals
Types of chemicals
Chemical sources
Chemical exposures
Potential health impacts
The universe of chemicals: what we know and what we don't know
Understanding chemicals' potential risks to children
Releases of chemicals: data from industrial pollutant release and transfer registers
Overview
PRTR analysis
Findings from the PRTR health effects approach
Chemicals of concern to children's health
Emerging issues
Actions to protect children's health from toxic chemicals
Overview
International action to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals
National and trilateral action to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals
Looking forward: actions to reduce toxic chemicals and protect children's health.
Edition Notes
"May 2006".
Includes bibliographical references (p.47-53).
Also available via the Internet.
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