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2006/2007
80
70
60
50
40
30 pediatrician advises
20 often
10 parents worry "a lot"
0
television
env. toxins
immunization
eating right
ear infections
car accidents
Pesticides
L/kg-day
300
200
Roughly double the surface 100
0
200
180
160
140
120
gm/kg/d 100
80 total water
60 intake in
40 gm/kg/d
20
0
<.5 .5-.9 1 to 3 4 to 6 7 to 15 to 20-44 45+
14 19
age in years
Arsenic
Higher Dose
Mental retardation, seizures, disturbances of
vision, hearing, motor control
Lower Dose
Impairments in attention, memory, and language
Delayed conduction on BAER
Health Effects:
•Decrease in full scale and verbal IQ
at 11 years old
•Decrease in word and reading comprehension
•Decrease in memory and attention
• 14 Studies Reviewed -
13 found an Increase in
Risk (7 statistically significant)
• 70% Increase in Breast
Cancer Risk
• Windows of susceptibility
during rapid proliferation
Primary Author:
Mark Miller MD MPH
Contributing Authors/Reviewers:
Michelle Gottlieb MEM, Guenter Hofstadler MD,
Brian Linde MD, Siobhan McNally MD,
Marybeth Palmigiano MPH, Kathy Shea MD,
Gina Solomon MD MPH, Maria Valenti,
David Wallinga MD MPA
Massachusetts
Siobhan McNally MD FAAP - Berkshire Medical Center and the University of
Massachusetts Medical School
Minnesota
David Wallinga MD MPA - Senior Scientist and Antibiotic Resistance Project
Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit 2006
Greater Boston and San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social
Responsibility, UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
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