Main Title |
Toxic chemicals and children's health in North America : a call for efforts to determine the sources, levels of exposure, and risks that industrial chemicals pose to children's health / |
Publisher |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America, |
Year Published |
2006 |
OCLC Number |
68963321 |
ISBN |
292335835X; 9782923358352 |
Subjects |
Environmental health--North America ;
Pollutants--Environmental aspects--North America ;
Children--Health risk assessment--North America ;
Children--Health risk assessment--Canada ;
Children--Health risk assessment--Mexico ;
Children--Health risk assessment--United States ;
Children--Health and hygiene--North America
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
RA1226.T69 2006 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
05/19/2006 |
ELBM |
RA1226.T69 2006 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
04/27/2020 |
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Collation |
ix, 82 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
Notes |
"May 2006." Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-53). |
Contents Notes |
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Children's health overview -- Children are uniquely vulnerable to chemicals -- Children have "Windows of Vulnerability" -- Why a North American Report on Toxic Chemicals and Children's Health? -- Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs): a source of information on chemicals from industrial activities -- Methods and scope of this report -- Children in North America -- Demographics -- Causes of death in North American children -- Diseases related to environmental pollution affecting North American Children -- Types, Exposures and potential health impacts of chemicals -- Types of chemicals -- Chemical sources -- Chemical exposures -- Potential health impacts -- The universe of chemicals: what we know and what we don't know -- Understanding chemicals' potential risks to children -- Releases of chemicals: data from industrial pollutant release and transfer registers -- Overview -- PRTR analysis -- Findings from the PRTR health effects approach -- Chemicals of concern to Children's health -- Emerging issues -- Actions to protect children's health from toxic chemicals -- Overview -- International action to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals -- National and trilateral action to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals -- Looking forward: actions to reduce toxic chemicals and protect children's health. |
Place Published |
Montréal |
Access Notes |
Also available online at http://www.cec.org/files/PDF/POLLUTANTS/CHE%5FToxics%5Fen.pdf and in the OCLC Digital Archive (harvested on Oct. 19, 2007). |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec) |
PUB Date Free Form |
2006 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20200425103015 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
04307cam 2200601Ka 45010 |