[getsmart-l] The Pollution in Newborns

[John O'Gorman]

http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php 
Executive Summary

Body Burden — The Pollution in Newborns


A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood
Environmental Working Group, July 14, 2005


Chemical exposures in the womb or during infancy can be dramatically more harmful than exposures later in life. Substantial scientific evidence demonstrates that children face amplified risks from their body burden of pollution; the findings are particularly strong for many of the chemicals found in this study, including mercury, PCBs and dioxins. Children's vulnerability derives from both rapid development and incomplete defense systems:
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