May 9, 2011

May 9, 2011
Published by Damascus Citizens at May 9, 2011
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Reducing The Staggering Costs Of Environmental Disease In Children, Estimated At $76.6 Billion In 2008

Leonardo Trasande and Yinghua Liu, Health Affairs

A 2002 analysis documented $54.9 billion in annual costs of environmentally mediated diseases in US children. However, few important changes in federal policy have been implemented to prevent exposures to toxic chemicals. We …

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May 9, 2011
Published by Damascus Citizens at May 9, 2011
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Children's Vulnerability to Toxic Chemicals

Philip J. Landrigan and Lynn R. Goldman, Health Affairs Volume 30

A key policy breakthrough occurred nearly twenty years ago with the discovery that children are far more sensitive than adults to toxic chemicals in the environment. This finding led …

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