Toxic Hazard Management in Children's Environments.
Australian Tools for Healthy Schools
CHEC is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins that affect children's health.
Childrens HEalth Environmental Coalition.
WASHINGTON, DC, February 12, 2003 (ENS) - Government officials warn that children face increased risks of developing lung or bladder cancer if they use playground equipment made of wood treated with an arsenic based pesticide called chromated copper arsenate.
More than 90 percent of wood playground equipment and residential decks now in use has been treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA), which protects wood from rotting due to insects and microbial agents.
Children Face Cancer Risks From Wood Playsets.
Irritable crying, cold-like snuffling and bright red cheeks are not signs of teething in a baby, in spite of anything your doctor, nurse or pharmacist might tell you, according to a paper in the British Medical Journal.