Another FYI

[Guest guest]

We would like to bring the following television special concerning the latest

research on the links between childhood illness and environmental

contamination

to your attention. The program is hosted by Bill Moyers and features APHA

member Dr. Landrigan. The program will air on PBS stations on Friday,

May 10 at 9:00

pm. Please feel free to distribute this further.

KIDS AND CHEMICALS, A SPECIAL REPORT ON NOW WITH BILL MOYERS TRACKS THE

SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR ANSWERS ABOUT HOW ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS AFFECT

AMERICA'S CHILDREN

Premieres Friday, May 10 at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings)

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 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? "

The medical experts interviewed include Dr. Landrigan of the Mount

Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, who is working with scientists

around the country to understand how kids are affected by exposure to

chemicals. " Of the 3000 high production volume chemicals in use in this

country today, only 43% have been even minimally tested, " he tells Moyers.

" Only about 10% have been thoroughly tested to examine their potential

effects on children's health and development. "

Speaking with Landrigan, Moyers learns that children are potentially more

vulnerable to chemicals than adults. " First of all, they're more heavily

exposed pound for pound, " says Landrigan. " They eat more food, they drink

more water, they breathe more air. Then, of course, kids play on the

ground.

They live low, they put their hands in their mouth and so they transfer

more toxic chemicals into their body than we do. "

Kids and Chemicals reports on new techniques being used to gather clues

about how chemical exposures effect children, including sophisticated

analysis of the blood and urine that may provide a key to understanding

cancer clusters. The program also reports on a groundbreaking study that

assesses the impact of a mother's exposure to toxins during pregnancy on

her child's development and cutting edge research to understand how chemicals

can trigger changes in DNA.

The answers to many of these questions are still unknown. The program

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. "

In conjunction with the premiere on May 10, the NOW website will offer

tips to protect your children, more information on prenatal development, and

resources for additional information on this topic. Log on at

www.pbs.org/NOW <http://www.pbs.org/now> .

Click here <http://www.pbs.org/now/newsletter.html> for weekly alerts on

NOW with Bill Moyers, the new PBS series airing Fridays at 9PM (check

local listings) featuring in-depth reporting, one-on-one interviews and

articulate commentary on issues important to you.

NOW with Bill Moyers is funded by PBS, the Kohlberg Foundation, Inc. and

The D. and T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding for

this

program is provided by The Herb Alpert Foundation and The Bernard and

Audre Rapoport Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America

Life Insurance Company. The series is a production of Public Affairs

Television, Inc. for PBS, with contributions from NPR News. NOW is a national

presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York.

Videocassettes of Kids and Chemicals are available through Films for the

Humanities and Sciences at www.films.com <http://www.films.com> beginning

May 11. Versions for home video use or with public performance rights are

both available.

For more information about the series contact

Olivia Dupuis

& Salerno Communications

olivia@... <mailto:olivia@...>

203-863-1000

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Tina M. Hendrix

Cure2000@...

Vice-President, California Coalition

Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes

Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADD/ADHD, Learning Disorders, Hyperactivity, CFS,

etc.

[Guest guest]

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Shirley

>

> There's a site called Spokeo.com that's a

> new online USA phone book w/personal information: everything from pics

> you've posted on FB or web, your approx credit score, home value,

> income, age, etc. You can remove yourself by first searching for

> yourself on their site to find the URL of your page, then going to the

> Priva...cy button on the bottom of their page to remove yourself. (Copy &

repost so people are aware)I just did this myself and did my husband and some of

the info there is correct and some is wrong.

> Shirley

>