Mental Health Fact Sheet
LDDI's Mental Health Fact Sheet synthesizes some of the emerging research on environmental exposures and psychological disorders. Updated November 2008
In Harm's Way Report
Research on children's environmental health is summarized in a 2001 report entitled In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development. The report can be ordered from Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Biomonitoring Reports
These are summaries of the Centers for Disease Control's biomonitoring/body burden report specifically on neurotoxicants for distribution to lay audiences in the Learning and Developmental Disabilities sector.
Journal Articles
Transforming the Public Debate on Neurotoxicants: The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative, published in the April 2004 issue of San Francisco Medicine (3 pages, 24 KB)
Safeguarding Our Children at Home: Reducing Exposures to Toxic Chemicals and Heavy Metals, published in Zero to Three (7 pages, 155 KB)
Association Between In Utero Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Abnormal Reflexes in Neonates, published in January 2005 in NeuroToxicology (11 pages, 157 KB)
A Case for Revisiting the Safety of Pesticides: A Closer Look at Neurodevelopment, published in the January 2006 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives (8 pages, 131 KB)
Chemical Kids – Environmental Toxins and Child Development from Social Work Today, March/April 2007
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Practice Prevention Columns
With an emphasis on the effects of neurotoxicants and environmental hazards on the developing human brain, these columns summarize recent scientific research for a nonscientific audience. Please feel free to link to these articles or include them in your own newsletters or other publications. ICEH grants permission to reprint these columns as long as ICEH is credited as the author. We appreciate knowing if our materials are having an impact; please let us know if you use our materials: iceh@iceh.org.
En español: La práctica de la prevención
El Portal Español de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos
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