05875oam 2200853 a 450 991069448510332120100609134108.0(CKB)4330000000482376(CEL)222736(OCoLC)758075500(CaBNVSL)gtp00540404(MiAaPQ)EBC3268893(CaOOCEL)222736(OCoLC)223984596(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z6dt9g(EXLCZ)994330000000482376222736CaOOCEL(Public Documents)20100603e20062010 uy 0engurcn||||||n||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierToxic chemicals and children's health in North America[electronic resource] a call for efforts to determine the sources, levels of exposure, and risks that industrial chemicals pose to children's healthMontreal, Que. Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Secretariat. Communications Department2006Montréal :Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America,2006.1 electronic text (ix, 82 p.) ill., digital fileIssued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, Canadian health research collection, and Canadian public policy collection.2-923358-35-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-53).Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Children in North America -- Sources of information -- Analysis of the releases of carcinogens, developmental toxicants and neurotoxicants in North America -- Interpreting PRTR data -- Many actions are underway to reduce chemical loadings to the environment -- Future actions are needed -- Introduction -- Children's health overview -- Children are uniquely vulnerable to many 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 -- 1. Children in North America. 1.1. Demographics; 1.2. Causes of death in North American children; 1.3. Diseases related to environmental pollution affecting North American children -- 2. Types, exposures and potential health impacts of chemicals. 2.1. Types of chemicals; 2.2. Chemical sources; 2.3. Chemical exposures; 2.4. Potential health impacts; 2.5. The universe of chemicals: what we know and what we don't know; 2.6. Understanding chemicals' potential risks to children -- 3. Releases of chemicals: data from industrial pollutant release and transfer registers. 3.1. Overview; 3.2. PRTR analysis; 3.3. Findings from the PRTR health effects approach; 3.4. Chemicals of concern to children's health; 3.5. Emerging issues.4. Actions to protect children's health from toxic chemicals. 4.1. Overview; 4.2. International action to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals; 4.3. National and trilateral action to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals; 4.4. Looking forward: actions to reduce toxic chemicals and protect children's health -- Resources -- References -- Appendix A: Number of children in North America -- Appendix B: List of chemicals reported to both TRI and NPRI that are carcinogens, recognized or suspected developmental and reproductive toxicants, and/or suspected neurotoxicants, and their toxic equivalency potentials (TEPs) -- Appendix C: Methodology for PRTR data analyses -- Appendix D: Methodology for toxic equivalency potentials (TEPs) -- Appendix E: Assessment and management of industrial chemicals and pollution reporting, by country.Substances toxiques et la santé des enfants en Amérique du Nord :appel pour accroître les efforts en vue d'identifier les sources et les niveaux d'exposition aux substances chimiques industrielles et les risques qu'elles représentent pour la santé des enfants.ChemicalsHealth aspectsNorth AmericaPollutionNorth AmericaChildrenHealth and hygieneNorth AmericaEnvironmentally induced diseases in childrenNorth AmericaEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental Pollutantsadverse effectsChildEnfantsSanté et hygièneAmérique du NordPollutionAmérique du NordProduits chimiquesAspect sanitaireAmérique du NordMaladies de l'environnement chez l'enfantAmérique du NordExposition environnementalefmeshPolluants de l'environnementEffets indésirablesfmeshEnfantfmeshNorth americaIptcncChildren's healthIptcncChemicalsHealth aspectsPollutionChildrenHealth and hygieneEnvironmentally induced diseases in childrenEnvironmental Exposure.Environmental Pollutantsadverse effects.Child.EnfantsSanté et hygiènePollutionProduits chimiquesAspect sanitaireMaladies de l'environnement chez l'enfantExposition environnementale.Polluants de l'environnementEffets indésirables.Enfant.North americaChildren's health618.9298/097Commission for Environmental Cooperation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910694485103321Toxic chemicals and children's health in North America3112198UNINA