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BABE IN HARMS Collection by Marjo Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects Child Development and Learning September 2000 National Environmental Trust, Physicians for Social Responsibility and Learning Disabilities Association of America TABLE OF CONTENTS BABE IN HARMS Many children in farming communities are exposed to higher levels of pesticides than federal regulators consider safe, according to a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Washington, to be published in the June issue of Environmental Health Perspectives. straight to the source: Seattle Times, Warren King, 04.25.00 http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/altpest25m_20000425.html seattletimes.com Copyright © 2000 The Seattle Times Company, Posted at 12:00 a.m. Pacific; Tuesday, April 25, 2000 Kids' pesticide levels unsafe by Warren King; Seattle Times medical reporter --- ’In Harm’s Way’ Many chemicals widely used by industry and commonly found at home are toxic to the developing brain and can cause developmental disabilities including behavioral and learning disabilities, hyperactivity, attention deficit, lower IQ and motor skill impairment. Key findings of In Harm's Way include: ------ WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE AUTHORS http://www.preventingharm.org/harmswayreadmore.html http://www.preventingharm.org/execsum.html E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y Link: Download the Report - 115 pages --- Chemicals and birth defects Scientific advances offer new findings for assessing birth defects caused by toxic chemicals, says report http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/newsletters/ucd2000/nltrjuly00.htm#Scientific advances offer [scroll 2/3 of the way down] The report notes that major developmental defects such as neural tube and heart deformities occur in approximately 120,000 of the four million infants born annually in the United States. Exposure to manufactured and natural toxic chemicals cause about three percent of all developmental defects, the report says, while at least 25% of them might be the result of a combination of genetic and environmental factors. "Many manufactured chemicals, as well as chemicals that occur in nature, have not been adequately evaluated for developmental toxicity," said Elaine Faustman, chair of the committee that wrote the report. "Our report provides a blueprint for using new findings about the dynamic processes involved in normal development to further our understanding of how human development may be affected by potentially toxic chemicals." REF: Food Chemical News Daily, 2(235), June 5, 2000. --- Urban Babies Loaded with Environmental Toxins By Cameron la Follette http://ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2000/2000L-03-30-05.html --- http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1998/08/082898/pollution25.asp ENN News Archive Children inhale more pollution; August 28, 1998 A new study may help explain recent research suggesting that children are more susceptible than adults to illnesses caused by breathing polluted air, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study, conducted by scientists at UNC and sponsored by the EPA, has found that children inhale more airborne particles for their size than either adolescents or adults. Chronic coughing, bronchitis and asthma are among health problems worsened by dirty air. --- http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/08/081799/airpol_5070.asp Tiny particles in air deadly, engineer says; August 17, 1999 Tiny particles of air pollutants can zoom through human lungs up to two times faster than previously thought and pose a risk to healthy adults, according to a university scientist. "Smog kills," said Anthony S. Wexler, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, "perhaps partly because pollutant particles are so deeply deposited in our airways." A study conducted by Wexler and colleague Ramesh Sarangapani shows how pollutant particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers — a size identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous — penetrate buildings and people's airways. ................... In a paper to be published in the Journal of Aerosol Science, the scientists explain how particles penetrate human airways through dispersion and expansion resulting from contact with moisture. --- New report from the Minnesota Department of Health on children's cumulative exposure to environmental chemicals. The title is: Comparative Risks of Multiple Chemical Exposures (PDF: 205K/25 pages). http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/esa/hra/children/lcmrrpt.pdf ''The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) conducted a health risk assessment of children's exposures to chemicals, using data from the 1997 Minnesota Children's Pesticide Exposure Study and standard risk assessment techniques. The MDH assessment incorporated measurements of multiple chemicals, including pesticides, metals, volatile organic chemicals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Results are summarized in this July 2000 report to the Minnesota Legislature,'' according to a letter from David David Wallinga, M.D. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 2105 First Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404-2505 612-870-3418 fax 870-4846 dwallinga@iatp.org --- http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/davisozo.htm FOR RELEASE; October 12, 2000 NIEHS PR #00-13 NIEHS CONTACT: Bill Grigg (301) 402-3378, grigg@niehs.nih.gov UC-Davis Contact: Andy Fell (530) 752-1930 In Young Rhesus Monkeys Smog Shown to Set Up Lungs for Asthma Pioneering work at the California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis is bringing a new understanding of the relationship between air pollution, common allergies and asthma. The research, largely funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a part of the National Institutes of Health, shows for the first time that occasional exposure to the air pollutant ozone (the main substance in smog) can change how the lungs of young rhesus monkeys develop, and can lead to a disease similar to childhood asthma in humans. --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20 OCTOBER 2000; Contact: John Peterson, 919-541-7860 NIH-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Study shows air pollution slows lung function growth in children Common air pollutants slow children's lung development over time, according to results from the University of Southern California-led Children's Health Study. The 10-year-long study is considered one of the nation's most comprehensive studies to date of the long-term effects of smog on children. The study was initiated with support from the California Air Resources Board and was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hastings Foundation. "This is the best evidence yet of a chronic effect of air pollution in children," says John Peters, M.D., D.Sc., USC professor of preventive medicine and one of the study authors. "Long -term exposure to air pollution has long-term effects on children's lungs, and the effects are more pronounced in areas of higher air pollution." The report, released in the October issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, covers smog's health effects on children over the first four years of the study. --- http://www.pcrm.org/issues/Animal_Experimentation_Issues/ch_penberthy.html How the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program Is Hurting Kids LETTER FROM PCRM PRESIDENT NEAL D. BARNARD, M.D. TO THE EPA'S WARD PENBERTHY January 6, 2000, Ward Penberthy, EPA , Chemical Control Division (7405) , Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 401 M St., S.W., Washington, DC 20460 Dear Ward: This letter addresses the Straw Proposal for the Voluntary Children's Health Chemical Testing Program (VCHCTP) issued on November 16,1999. We remain concerned that the EPA's approach to the issue of the potential danger of industrial chemicals in our environment rests on the use of animal tests to establish "acceptable" exposure levels. This is inappropriate for a number of reasons, including the following: *snip* --- Poisoned minds? Pesticide use in schools By Francesca Lyman SPECIAL TO MSNBC CALL THEM garden-variety nerve poisons. Organophosphate pesticides like chlorpyrifos, recently banned by the Environmental Protection Agency, are routinely sprayed in the nation’s 110,000 schools. Hundreds of kids and teachers have become sick, according to government reports and pesticide watchdog groups. ‘Greener’ pest control in schools Growing number of districts now rely on fewer chemicals By Francesca Lyman SPECIAL TO MSNBC July 5 — Bug and weed killers can strike more than their intended targets, so it’s wise to keep them away from children. Yet many school districts use these chemicals. --- Pollutants can reach babies in the womb An 80% rise in asthma death rates between 1980 and 1993, along with the increasing incidence of birth defects and developmental problems, has raised questions about how chemicals in the environment effect infants and young children. MORE: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-03-30c.htm
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