Hi Rado, A few years ago National Geographic had an eye-opening piece called "Pollution Within" on the pervasiveness of flame retardants in people, this is easy reading but still impressive:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/10/toxic-people/duncan-text Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth M. De Santo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dalhousie University Marine Affairs Program and College of Sustainability On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Paul Steinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Rado, > > By coincidence I was just digging around in the literature on this topic. > Three references are below. To provide a snippet: Landigran and colleagues > conclude that the percentage of illness among US children attributable to > environmental toxic substances is as follows. "100% for lead poisoning, > 30% for asthma (range, 10-35%), 5% for cancer (range, 2-10%), and 10% for > neurobehavioral disorders (range, 5-20%). Total annual costs are estimated > to be $54.9 billion (range $48.8-64.8 billion)." > > - Paul > > Annette Prüss et al. (2002) Estimating the Burden of Disease from Water, > Sanitation, and Hygiene at a Global Level, Environmental Health > Perspectives 110 (5): 527-42. > > > > Mokdad et al. (2004) Actual Causes of Death in the United States 2000, > JAMA. 291(10):1238-1245. > > > Philip J. Landrigan et al. (2002) Environmental Pollutants and Disease in > American Children: Estimates of Morbidity, Mortality, and Costs for Lead > Poisoning, Asthma, Cancer, and Developmental Disabilities, Environmental > Health Perspectives 110(7): 721–28. > > -- > Paul F. Steinberg > Associate Professor of Political Science & > Environmental Policy > http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg > > Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts > 301 East Platt Boulevard > Harvey Mudd College > Claremont, CA 91711 > tel. 909-607-3840 > > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Radoslav Dimitrov < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Any simple, straightforward reading on how (chemical) pollution affects >> people? Something that will shock students into the realization that 'the >> environment' is about people and not just about cute, furry animals. >> >> Rado >> >> Radoslav S. Dimitrov, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> Department of Political Science >> University of Western Ontario >> Social Science Centre >> London, Ontario >> Canada N6A 5C2 >> Tel. +1(519) 661-2111 ext. 85023 >> Fax +1(519) 661-3904 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> > > > > -- Elizabeth M. De Santo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Marine Affairs Program and College of Sustainability Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
