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Children's Environmental Health

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Updated April 2013

Search results for:Children's Environmental Health

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Ha M, Im H, Lee M, Kim HJ, Kim BC, Gimm YM, Pack JK.
Radio-frequency radiation exposure from AM radio transmitters and childhood leukemia and brain cancer.
American Journal of Epidmiology. 2007 Aug;166(3):270-279.

Leukemia and brain cancer patients under the age of 15 in South Korea were examined. Residential addresses were used to estimate radio-frequency radiation. Results found brain cancer and infantile cancer were not associated with AM radio-frequency radiation.*

Hamula C, Wang Z, Zhang H, Kwon E, Li XF, Gabos S, Le XC.
Chromium on the hands of children after playing in playgrounds built from chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood.
Environmental Health Perspectives. 2006 Mar;114(3):460-465.

Data showed chromium levels twice as high on the hands of children after playing in CCA-wood treated playgrounds. The maximum amount of Cr found on hands was 5.9 ug, which is much lower than the average daily intake of total Cr in the Canadian diet (13-27 ug).*

Harari R, Julvez J, Barr D, Bellinger DC, Debes F, Grandjean P.
Neurobehavioral deficits and increased blood pressure in school-age children prenatally exposed to pesticides.
Environ Health Perspect. 2010;118(6):890-6.
Health Canada.
Environmental contaminants - vulnerable populations.
Ottawa, ON: Health Canada; 2009.
Health Canada.
It's way too hot! Protect yourself from extreme heat.
Ottawa, ON: Health Canada, 2011.
Health Canada.
Keep children cool! Protect your child from extreme heat.
Ottawa, ON: Health Canada, 2011.
Hochstetler HA, Yermakov M, Reponen T, Ryan PH, Grinshpun SA.
Aerosol particles generated by diesel-powered school buses at urban schools as a source of children's exposure.
Atmos Environ. 2011;45(7):1444-53.
Howard AW, MacArthur C, Willan A, Rothman L, Moses-McKeag A, MacPherson AK.
The effect of safer play equipment on playground injury rates among school children.
Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2005 May 24;172(11): 1443-1446.

Changes to Canadian Standards Association standards for playground equipment prompted the removal of hazardous equipment from 136 elementary schools in Toronto. The rate of injury in intervention schools decreased from 2.61 to 1.68 per 1000 students per month. This translated into 550 injuries avoided. In nonintervention schools, the rate of injury increased from 1.44 to 1.81 during the study period.*

Hujoel PP, Lydon-Rochelle M, Bollen AM, Woods JS, Geurtsen W, del Aguila MA.
Mercury exposure from dental filling placement during pregnancy and low birth weight risk.
American Journal of Epidmiology. 2005 Apr 15;161(8):734-740.

Several European countries have guidelines suggesting that women should not receive mercury-containing dental amalgam fillings during pregnancy. One concern raised by several studies is that mercury exposure during pregnancy may lead to decreased birth weight. This population-based case-control study found no evidence that mercury-containing dental filings placed during pregnancy increased low-birth-weight risk.*