RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH NEWS #764            .
.                     ---March 6, 2003---                       .
.                 (Published April 18, 2003)                    .
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.                CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS DECLINING,                .
.                SAYS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY                 .
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CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS DECLINING,
SAYS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

by Bette Hileman*

Over the past few decades, various disturbing trends have led
researchers to believe that environmental exposures are
contributing to children's declining health status in the U.S.
Federal and private health programs are just beginning to
realize the extent of the problem and to seek solutions.

Scientists are concerned that environmental exposures cause a
wide range of health threats to kids, including birth defects,
cancer, and asthma. According to a recent study from the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
childhood cancer incidence has risen 1% a year since the early
1970s, the prevalence of asthma has gone up sharply, the
incidence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
may be increasing, a growing percentage of boys are born with
defects in their reproductive tracts, and the prevalence of
autism is rising dramatically....

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