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Diane Bailey is Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Diane Bailey
Diane Bailey is Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
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November 29, 2012
A new study says: Yes, air pollution may be a factor contributing to autism . Researchers at the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles looked at 500 children in California, half of whom had autism, finding that pollution may affect the developing brain among children whose mothers lived in areas with elevated air pollution. Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. These disorders have increased 78 percent since 2002 to impact 1 in 88 children, according...
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March 16, 2012
That’s what a Center for Disease Control and Prevention newsletter, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, reported yesterday: 24.6 million Americans suffer from asthma , a 12 percent increase over the last decade. One in every ten children has asthma and the prevalence increases with poverty – 13.5% of poor children have asthma; rates are highest for black children – one in six suffer from asthma. This disease costs $56 billion each year when medical costs, missed school and work days and premature deaths are tallied. The CDC report presents a mind-numbing flurry of numbers documenting the misery...
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March 16, 2012
Our society goes to great lengths to protect children’s health, from fancy car seats to an elaborate system of recalls on any faulty children’s products. And why shouldn’t we take extra precautions to protect the most vulnerable among us and our future? Somehow when it comes to protecting children from the very well known health hazards of air pollution, however, we continually fall short. Consider that nearly 37 million children live in areas with unhealthy air due to ozone smog or soot pollution. Many illnesses associated with pollution have been on the rise. The Center for Disease Control...
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