Textbook of Children's Environmental Health

Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD, is an internationally recognized pediatrician, environmental epidemiologist, and preventive medicine specialist. Dr. Etzel is the founding editor of Pediatric Environmental Health, now in its fourth edition. She performed the first study documenting that children with secondhand exposure to tobacco smoke had measurable exposure to nicotine. Her pioneering work led to nationwide efforts to reduce indoor exposure to tobacco, including the ban on smoking in US airliners. She also produced the first research to show that exposure to toxigenic molds in the home could be dangerous to infants' health. From 2009 to 2012, Dr. Etzel led the World Health Organization's activities to protect children from environmental hazards. She teaches at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, is a pediatrician and epidemiologist. His research examines the connections between toxic chemicals and children'shealth. His studies of lead poisoning demonstrated that lead is toxic to children even at very low levels and contributed to the US government's 1975 decision to remove lead from paint and gasoline, actions that reduced blood lead levels in the USA by 95% and increased children's average IQ by 5 points. A study he led in the 1990's at the National Academy of Sciences defined children's unique susceptibilities to pesticides and catalyzed fundamental revamping of US pesticide policy. From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Landrigan co-chaired the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, and he led the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health from 2022 to 2023. Dr. Landrigan directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College.

It's hard to imagine a more comprehensive, thorough resource on children's environmental health than this book. It ranges from cutting-edge science to trenchant policy analysis, with a dream team of expert editors and authors. This is the definitive work on the subject.

• Part I: Introductory/Overview Chapters Chapter 1: Children's Environmental Health - A New Branch of Pediatrics Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc and Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Chapter 2: Children's Exquisite Vulnerability to Environmental Exposures Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD and Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 3: The Chemical Environment and Children's HealthPhilip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc and Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Chapter 4: The Changing Global Environment and Children's HealthPerry E. Sheffield, MD, Lucy Schultz, and Kristie L. Ebi, PhD Chapter 5: Social and Behavioral Influences on Child Health and Development Summer Hawkins, PhD Chapter 6: Epidemiology - A Tool for Studying Environmental Influences on Children's HealthDean Baker, MD, MPH Chapter 7: Exposure Science to Protect Children's HealthClifford P. Weisel, PhD Chapter 8: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Children's Environmental Health Panos G. Georgopoulos, PhD Chapter 9: Developmental Toxicology and Children's Environmental HealthEdward D. Levin, PhD Chapter 10: Genetics, Epigenetics, and Children's Environmental HealthRebecca Fry, PhD and Margaret Pinder Chapter 11: Racism, Environmental Injustice and Child HealthDanielle Laraque, MD Chapter 12: Economics and Children's Environmental Health Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 13: The Global Dimension of Children's Environmental HealthRuth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Part II: Environments Chapter 14: The Intrauterine Environment and Early InfancyWinnie Fan, Marya G. Zlatnik, MD, MMS, Annemarie Charlesworth, MA, and Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH Chapter 15: The Home EnvironmentDavid E. Jacobs, PhD, CIH and Miranda Brazeal, MPH, PhD Chapter 16: Chemicals in FoodPhilip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 17: The School/Child Care EnvironmentMaida Galvez, MD, MPH, Sarah Evans, Mana Mann, MD, MPH, and Hester Paul Chapter 18: The Shape of the Built Environment Shapes Children's HealthRichard J. Jackson, MD, MPH Chapter 19: The Play EnvironmentJames Roberts, MD, James T. McElligott, MD, and Kristina Kay Gustafson, MD Chapter 20: Access to Nature and Child HealthAbby Nerlinger, MD, MPH, Aparna Bole, MD, and Pooja Tandon, MD Chapter 21: Rural and Agricultural EnvironmentsBarbara Lee, PhD and Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH Chapter 22: The Work Environment and Children's Health, Safety, and WellbeingKimberly Rauscher, ScD and Jennifer Fuller Chapter 23: Intrauterine Nutrition and Children's HealthAlicia Cousins, Nicholas Rickman, and Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD Chapter 24: Biodiversity Loss and Children's HealthKeith Martin, MD Part III: Environmental Hazards Chapter 25: Outdoor Air PollutionFrederica Perera, PhD Chapter 26: Indoor Air PollutionRoshan Wathore and Archana Patel, MD, PhD Chapter 27: Tobacco Smoke: Active and Passive SmokingMeghan Buran, MPH, Kelsey Phinney, MPH, and Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS Chapter 28: Water, Sanitation, and HygieneKatherine Arnold Chapter 29: Interventions to Mitigate Burdens of Waterborne and Water-Related DiseasesRobert G. Arnold, PhD Chapter 30: Hazardous Waste and Toxic HotspotsRichard Fuller Chapter 31: Lead Nicholas C. Newman, DO, MS and Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH Chapter 32: Mercury Philippe Grandjean, MD, PhD Chapter 33: Arsenic Exposure in ChildrenAntonio J. Signes-Pastor, Fen Wu, Shohreh F. Farzan, PhD, Yu Chen, PhD, MPH, and Margaret R. Karagas, PhD Chapter 34: Fluoride and ManganeseYenny Fariñas Diaz, Somaiyeh Azmoun, and Roberto G. Lucchini, MD Chapter 35: PesticidesCatherine J. Karr, MD, PhD and Virginia A. Rauh, PhD Chapter 36: PCBs, Dioxins, Furans, DDT, Polybrominated Compounds, Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and other Halogenated HydrocarbonsPhilip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 37: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl SubstancesPhilippe Grandjean, MD, PhD Chapter 38: Nanomaterials and Child HealthKam Sripada, PhD Chapter 39: Organic Solvents and Other Volatile Organic Compounds Dana Boyd Barr, PhD, Parinya Panuwet, PhD, MS, MSPH, P. Barry Ryan, PhD Chapter 40: Endocrine DisruptorsAnnemarie Stroustrup, MD, MPH and Shanna H. Swan, PhD Chapter 41: Chemical Obesogens and ObesityMichele La Merrill, PhD, MPH and Leda Chatzi, MD, PhD Chapter 42: Environmental Carcinogens and Childhood Cancer Kurt Straif, MD, PhD Chapter 43: Mold and Population HealthJ. David Miller, PhD Chapter 44: Physical HazardsSophie J. Balk, MD Chapter 45: Ionizing RadiationEric J. Grant, PhD Chapter 46: Electromagnetic FieldsDenis Henshaw PhD, Fiorella Belpoggi, PhD, Daniele Mandrioli, MD, PhD and Alasdair Philips DAgE Part IV: The Environment and Disease in Children Chapter 47: Prematurity and Low Birth Weight Associated with Environmental ExposuresMargaret Kuper-Sassé, MD, Cansu Tokat, MD, Hilal Yildiz Atar, MD and Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD Chapter 48: Asthma, Allergy, and the EnvironmentDwan Vilcins, PhD and Peter D. Sly, MD Chapter 49: Neurodevelopmental Disorders in ChildrenDavid C. Bellinger, PhD Chapter 50: Prenatal Environmental Exposures and Birth DefectsStephanie Ford, MD and Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD Chapter 51: The Environment and Cardiovascular Disease in Children Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 52: The Environment and Liver Disease in ChildrenFrederick J. Suchy, MD Chapter 53: The Environment and Kidney Disease in Children Virginia M. Weaver, MD, Jeffrey J. Fadrowski, MD, MHS, Darcy K. Weidemann, MD, MHS Chapter 54: Injuries, Trauma, and the Environment Laura Schwab-Reese, Cara Hamann, MPH, PhD, Amy Hunter, MPH, PhD Chapter 55: Acute Pediatric PoisoningJennifer Sample, MD Part V: Prevention and Control of Diseases of Environmental Origin in Children Chapter 56: The Environmental History and Examination: The Key to Diagnosis of Environmental DiseasesJerome A. Paulson, MD and Sandra H. Jee, MD, MPH Chapter 57: Clinical Practice of Environmental Pediatrics in South AmericaAmalia Laborde, MD, PhD Chapter 58: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in the United States and Around the World Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Chapter 59: Public Policy in Children's Environmental Health in EuropePeter van den Hazel, MD, PhD Chapter 60: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in AsiaEunhee Ha, MD, PhD Chapter 61: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in AfricaKofi Amegah, PhD and Christian Sewor Chapter 62: Global Treaties and Children's Environmental HealthRuth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Chapter 63: The Impact of War on Children's Health Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH Chapter 64: Natural Disasters, Environmental Emergencies, and Children's HealthHenry Falk, MD, MPH Chapter 65: New Frontiers in Children's Environmental HealthPhilip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc and Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD Index