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| Kids and the Environment
According to a recent nationwide survey, 900,000 American children aged one to five have blood lead levels higher than the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's level of concern.
A study in the U.S. found that 21%, or one in five, of the vinyl plastic products tested were contaminated with lead and cadmium. These products ranged from backpacks to toys to raincoats to video game components. Eighteen percent of the products tested contained lead that exceeded the amount determined to be dangerous by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, and over 80% violated levels requiring consumer-warning labels under California law. Every product that contained lead also contained cadmium, and some of the contaminated products are things that are commonly chewed on by young children.
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Learn what you can do now to protect your child:
In 1991, Jim and Nancy Chuda lost their child, Colette, at the age of five to a rare, non-hereditary form of a childhood cancer. They questioned whether something in the environment had affected her early development. They established checnet.org to help other parents protect their children from toxins in the environment.
"There is nothing more important than the health of your child and that is what this video is all about," says Nancy Chuda, President and Co-founder of CHEC. "This video will inform parents about common sense choices to protect their family. We are so grateful to have Olivia Newton-John and Kelly Preston helping CHEC in our efforts to inform parents about the preventable environmental health threats children face in their homes."
Visit www.checnet.org or click on the video to order
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