Children's Health 28.1

21 January, 2002

Editorial: A Scared Task

Rabbi Daniel Swartz of the Washington-based Children's Environmental Health Network speaks eloquently of his recent parenthood and his work as a sacred task. Swartz's inspiring words launched the Second Global Forum on Children's Environmental Health, a conference of 500 participants from 50 countries.

Although the conference ended prematurely on the horrific morning of September 11, it was an inspiring and hopeful event. Like the Global Forum, this issue of Alternatives gives voice to the environmental and health organizations and academics addressing the complexities and challenges surrounding the special vulnerability of children to environmental contamination. ...

Editorial: A Sacred Task

Experimenting on Children
Kathleen Cooper
Despite the lessons from experience with lead in gasoline, Canadian regulators are only slowly adopting more precautionary approaches to environmental health threats involving children.

Starting Off
Loren Vanderlinden
Breast milk is still nature's best infant food, but it is vulnerable to persistent contaminants.

Unambiguous Results
Elizabeth A. Guillette
When Mexico's Yaqui Indians split into two different agricultural camps in the 1950s, their children became an unusually perfect test group for the effects of pesticide exposure.

Home Hazards
Bruce Lofquist
Residential pesticides pose threats to children's health.

Food Fights
Katherine Barrett
Canadian regulators are under pressure to face the uncertainties of genetically modified food.

The Rule of Ten
Sandra Schwartz and Kapil Khatter
Standards should be ten times stricter to ensure safe levels of exposure for children.

Big Effects on Little Bodies
Elaine Murkin
Extreme weather events associated with climate change are bringing added threats to child health and safety.

Breathing Easier
Jim Fulton
Smog kills more Canadians than car accidents, and asthma affects about two million Canadians, many of them children. We can change that.

Resources for Children's Health

More Alternatives

Notes
Food labelling, Endangered Species Bill, Oak Ridges Moraine, Earth Summit 2002

Stir It Up
Tooker Gomberg
Looking at post-September 11 advertising.

Political Science
Stephen Bocking
Assessing the environmental implications of September 11.

Hot Green Websites
Kelly Loverock

The Last Resort
Keri Cronin
Parks Canada wins battle to permit big hotel expansion in Banff, but
environmentalists hope there will be no more.

New Networking
Tamara Levine
Green TV gets connected in Canada.

Co-Evolution
Robert McGhee
New evidence suggests that to be truly human is to be partly wolf.

Canadian Graduate Environmental Studies Programs
A directory to connect students with environmental schools.

Reviews
Tim Doyle's Green Power - Kate Crowley
John Madeley's Hungry for Trade - Jennifer Clapp

Letters
Last issue Brenda Donor stirred debate about charity law.

Brain Mulch
Ryan Kennedy
Pondering New Zealand's "flatulence tax".

Designed by Frank Leng     Social networking icons designed by Rogie King of Komodo Media
This website is best viewed in the latest version of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer.