Fwd: NOW with Bill Moyers - Kids & Chemicals

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Subject: NOW with Bill Moyers - Kids & Chemicals

Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:39:28 -0500

Coming up on NOW with Bill Moyers...

Friday, December 27, 2002 at 9pm ET on PBS

(check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html)

NOW with Bill Moyers presents a special encore presentation of " Kids and

Chemicals. "   ARE WE MAKING OUR CHILDREN SICK?

 

It is a medical mystery marked " urgent. " Across America growing numbers

of children are suffering from asthma, childhood cancers like leukemia,

as well as learning and behavioral disabilities.  Scientists are

searching for clues to the causes of these illnesses, and a growing body

of research suggests that everyday environmental toxins - what kids eat,

drink, and breathe - may put them at risk.  Equipped with new technology

and more sophisticated analysis, these scientists are asking compelling

questions about the health risks to children growing up exposed to an

ever-increasing number of untested chemicals in our environment.

 

" Kids and Chemicals, " a special edition of NOW with Bill Moyers to be

broadcast on PBS, Friday, December 27 at 9 p.m. (ET), features medical

investigators and health officials engaged in the latest research on

links between childhood illness and environmental contamination.  The

program looks at families around the country who are coping with the

consequences to their children of potentially toxic exposures.  " The

disturbing increases in childhood illness in America cannot be ignored, "

says Bill Moyers. " How does the exposure affect children's health? The

new research is studying how chemicals enter the human body, and posing

questions that they could never ask before: Do chemicals affect

children, babies and unborn fetuses more than adults? What factors

increase toxicity, and how can we protect children from harm? "

 

Moyers also reports on a proposed new project called " The National

Children's Study, " which will track 100,000 children from the womb to

age 18 if it receives full funding from Congress. This long-term study

may provide the definitive answers necessary for new regulations and

laws protecting children from exposure to toxins.  " Without conclusive

science, " Moyers says, " it is a constant fight to protect children's

health. "

 

Find out more about how scientists are studying environmental toxins and

join the ongoing discussion about the critical issues covered in NOW

online at www.PBS.org/now.

 

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