Deaths-head Jester
About:
[The Project]
[The ApocaDocs]
[Equal Share]
 The Six Scenarios:
[Species Collapse]
[Infectious Disease]
[Climate Chaos]
[Resource Depletion]
[Biology Breach]
[Recovery]
 Explore:

 Play:

It's weekly, funny, and free!
SEARCH

More than 5,600 stories!
A great gift
for crisis deniers!

The ApocaDocs have a Book!
Humoring the Horror of the
Converging Emergencies
94 color pages
$24.99 now $15!
Or read FREE online!


Twitter



Ping this story
in social media:
del.icio.us
Digg
Newsvine
NowPublic
Reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon
Posted Wed May 21 2008: from Institute for Children:
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative Publishes Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Factors http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1211374801
 "Given the established knowledge, protecting children from neurotoxic environmental exposures from the earliest stages of fetal development through adolescence is clearly an essential public health measure if we are to help reduce the growing numbers of those with learning and developmental disorders and create an environment in which children can reach and maintain their full potential." ... "We could cut the health costs of childhood disabilities and disease by billions of dollars every year by minimizing contaminants in the environment..." "The overwhelming evidence shows that certain environmental exposures can contribute to life-long learning and developmental disorders"...
[Read more stories about: health impacts]

New!:
No reader quips yet -- be the first!

Got a PaniQuip?
Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit):

First name:

The text shown in the Web image to the right:
We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.
The ApocaDocs say:
We is learning.

NEXT>
More stories:
  • Simple, Low-cost Carbon Filter Removes 90 Percent Of Carbon Dioxide From Smokestack Gases
  • Oil hits record near $130 as supply fears grow
  • (Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative Publishes Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Factors)
  • Effects of Nanotubes May Lead to Cancer, Study Says
  • Obesity fuels growing 'boy-boob' problem
    •

    Want to explore more?
    Try the PaniCloud!
    Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com