Question of the Week: What do you do to protect children from environmental hazards?
Posted on October 6th, 2008 - 10:05 AMEach week we ask a question related to the environment. Please let us know your thoughts as comments. Feel free to respond to earlier comments or post new ideas. Previous questions.
Many people don’t realize children can be more sensitive to environmental exposures, indoors as well as outdoors. But there are many, often simple things we can do to protect children from environmental hazards, including avoiding asthma triggers such as secondhand smoke or mold. October is Children’s Health Month.
What do you do to protect children from environmental hazards?
En español: Cada semana hacemos una pregunta relacionada al medio ambiente. Por favor comparta con nosotros sus pensamientos y comentarios. Siéntase en libertad de responder a comentarios anteriores o plantear nuevas ideas. Preguntas previas.
Muchas personas no se dan cuenta cuán más sensitivos son los niños a las exposiciones ambientales, tanto en entornos interiores como exteriores. Sin embargo, hay pasos, muchas veces sencillos, que usted puede tomar para proteger a los niños de los peligros ambientales, incluso el evitar los desencadenantes de asma como el tabaquismo pasivo o el moho. Octubre es el Mes de Salud Infantil.
¿Qué hace para proteger a los niños de los peligros medioambientales?
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Question of the Week
October 6th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Keep chemicals out of their diets. Growing bodies are many times more susceptible to pesticides, artificial hormones, and other non-natural ingredients than adults. Of course this applies to pregnant woman as well. We tried to raise our daughter with as much organic food as we could afford. Bear in mind that having a healthy child is not necessarily an indication that chemicals are having no effect. These things accumulate in the body over years, and sometimes the real effects aren’t seen until later in life.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Your name is Environmental PROTECTION Agency….we rely on you for information, guidelines, bulletins & alerts, rules, etc. in a timely manner so children, the most vulnerable of us are protected.
Especially the reliable information….if we don’t get it correct and timely from you….where would we get it?
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karen burns reply on October 6, 2008 1:19 pm:
With the FDA admitting to their own failure recently, what makes you parents think that you can rely on government agencies. Are you waiting for them to tell you?????
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Phillip Bouton reply on October 7, 2008 8:41 am:
Sadly, all too often this is true.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I do lots of things as my child has allergies that will turn into asthma. 1. Wash linens often. 2. Mop often 3. Use environmentally friendly stuff like Dr. Bronner’s for bath and diluted for spray general purpose cleaner 4. Use baking soda for cleaning 5. Buy organic when possible, especially dairy. 6. Just don’t use pesticides, deet, anything on the yard 7. vacuum with hepa filter…This is all I can think of at the moment.
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Shirley reply on October 6, 2008 11:20 pm:
I hope your organic dairy means certified organic. You may be putting you and your child at a very high risk by not pasteurizing.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I purchase my household cleaning products through Melaleuca. I use only organic compounds to clean my home, and my son’s health and allergies have improved considerably since converting to these products. I stop at every farmers market I see to get locally grown, pesticide free produce.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:31 am
What is EPA doing to protect farm worker children who may get involved in Agricultural Activities, or play in agricultural fields. Also, how does agricultural peticides affect children’s health? Does the Agency have accurate scientific data on agricultural pesticide exposure in children and effects (what harm is caused on children)?
Thanks
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:33 am
As an environmental consultant the most we can do is advise our clients on the right thing to do. Regulatory issues that address asbestos, lead-based paints and indoor air quality are fairly well established but many of these compliance issues go to the way side simply because of the lack of compliance personnel holding the schools accountable. Many public and private schools are currently in non-compliance with the AHERA regulations. And those who are in compliance tend to forget the OSHA and NESHAP regulations when it comes to building remodel and/or demolition. And the lead standards typically followed are HUD, which apply to residential child-occupied buildings. It’s too bad the regulations are not consistant and there’s not a higher standard for compliance.
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Phillip Bouton reply on October 7, 2008 8:36 am:
occupational regs–EPA, NIOSH, OSHA etc do not provide adequate safegards for residential and office environments; few regualations actually target the home environment like lead and asbestos. Many other countries have more stringent occupational exposure levels than the USA. The USA waits until people are injured or killed (even then many are overlooked) before acting.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Don’t allow schools to:
1) use wood-chip boilers. The pm 2.5 and less from wood smoke is very dangerous to children’s lungs - embeds deeply and is a great health risk.
2) let buses or cars idle near schools - especially diesel - also terrible for developing lungs
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Mom’s advice still works best: Wash your hands!
Don’t play in old buildings and construction sites, Scrub your veggies and fruits, Air out the house once in a while, Don’t play with chemicals unless you read the directions and know what you’re doing!
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I read to them from “Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children,” published in 1993 by the National Research Council, back when some of us thought that EPA would do an honest job of protecting children from poisons. Then I tell them that EPA had failed in its responsibilities. They respond that they already knew that.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Protect our children by covering them entirely with aluminium foil and don’t let them out of the house. Works every time.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I no longer allow smoking in my vehicles and change my houses air filters more often too avoid dust in my house.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Though we have no children of our own, my husband and I are very concerned about protecting our local environment. We make a concerted effort to use environmentally friendly products in and around our home. For instance, we avoid pesticides as much as possible, we use mulch and compost instead of chemical fertilizers, and we minimize opportunities for mosquitoes to breed by eliminating standing water and by using bT “dunks” in our rainbarrels. We feed birds year round to encourage natural insect control.
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I have a child myself and know that teaching her to protect herself from environmental hazards is important. First of all, she knows a lot about the effects of smoking. I’ve shown her pictures and diagrams and even broken it down the the molecular science and osmosis procedures involved. Whenever we leave a store or go someplace where some “environmental terrorist” decides to light up a cigarette around us I teach her to hold her breath until we get far enough past the smoke that she can breath. I’ve explained to her how to the cigarette smoke can cause cancer even if she is NOT smoking it and that she doesn’t want to have to be near it or breath it in. I’ve also told her that where there are two exits, always use the one it which no one is smoking.
Afterwards, I’ve shown her how other pollutants can have the same effect on her health. I’ve talked to her about emissions and trees and things like that. It is important to me to let her know that breathing in the wrong chemicals can cause her to develop cancer, especially if she has a predisposition to it. In searching for motorcycles I’ve talked to her about the possibility of higher emissions and how that could effect her health. We were happy when we found a 2007-2008 study that showed an overall average level of emissions to be maybe 1.2 times the number for regular automobiles.
When we go to volunteer trips where we will be picking up trash, we talk about what could be found underneath really old trash, about chemicals that might be inside of garbage that could effect us if we don’t where gloves, and also how the garbage could effect animals and waterbodies and how that might effect our health in the long run as well, such as things like bio-accumulation and beer can rings around duck’s necks and water quality and stuff like that.
We have actually left the beach early at times because one of the beaches we attend are located write next to an industrial company that has smoke stacks. Most of the time the smoke is contained inside of the stacks but there are some times during the day when the smoke comes out. When the smoke comes out of the stacks we hold our breaths as much as possible and pack up and leave. My daughter learn how it can cause cancer.
She’s also learned about watching for jelly fish at the beach and how sharks can sometimes mistake people as turtles. She has learned to love the gopher turtle but also not to approach one in case it want’s to snap at her.
We also talk about the air filter in our house and how it can effect our breathing if it isn’t switched out on a regular basis. And mold or mildew from rain or leaks in the carpet or roof and how that can also sometimes effect your lungs and even your sanity. LOL! We even sometimes talk about different bacteria that can be transported during a rain when the weather changes and why it is important sometimes to stay out of the rain until it’s passed by during a change of seasons.
She also likes to talk to her friends about those things, and we talk about smoking at things when she has parties and stuff as well. I like to support education for children and volunteer where ever whenever I can
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I try to protect the health of children by educating others about the health and safety dangers children face because of meth lab homes on my website methlabhomes.com. I answer questions from viewers about how to detect a meth lab home, how meth labs endanger children, how to clean up a home that’s been contaminated by meth, etc. With nearly 1 million meth labs existing in the U.S. in 2008, I believe it is vital to the health and safety of children to educate the public, most of whom are unaware of just how toxic meth lab homes can be to those living inside of them, especially children. If anyone reading this would is interested in learning more about meth lab homes or would like to help me continue to spread the word about the health and safety dangers they present to all of us, please visit my site and feel free to contact me. Thank you.
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October 6th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
We subscribe to reputable organizations such as NRDC, Sierra Club, Maine RDC, etc. and forward new information on hazards and commercial activity to our activist network. The result is that we write and call our elected officials in great numbers with well-informed citizen comments.
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October 6th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
One of the largest environmental hazards in the home are the VOC’s, “volitle organic compounds” found in tap water. Mainly; chlorine and hundreds of disinfection bi-products created from chlorine.
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M. Bowman reply on October 7, 2008 1:41 pm:
Chlorine a VOC? We’re doomed! Someone please point me to the nearest meth lab home so I can numb the pain these posting have caused me!
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October 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
We keep them out of all lakes , ponds , or any untreated water ways which gets surface water. Most ditches and etc. have large amounts of aminal waste and chemails fed into them.
No till farming looks in news, however when the rains come, the water now longer goes into packed soil and runs directly into the open water.
Larger and more surface drainage ditches are a now a polution and flood problem.
We are drinking and cooking with bottled water. City water is no longer safe .
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October 6th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
In the home - There are many hazards. Indoor pollution can be caused by many things. I protect my children from endrocrine modulators such as Bisphenol-A found in plastics, especially nalgene #7 polycarbonate containers. I let them use a Sigg or stainless steel drinking container for water. I stopped using any household products containing perfumes, including soaps, fabric softeners, shampoo, and cosmetics. Homemade safe household cleaners are easy to make.
Dust - contains many things. I have very limited carpeting in our home.
Hepa filters help a little too. We use filtration to remove chlorine from their drinking water. Too bad flourine is so difficult to remove.
Car- We use the recirculate mode on the car heater when it is dusty or we are following a dirty running car or diesel truck.
D. Nome AK
Using natural products and keeping you house dust free is very important.
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October 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I would focus on the the high risks, and not concentrate on the small risks. Some popular ones for many parentls would not even make the my list.
I think radon in basements would be my largest Env risk I would address for children (5 times the nation wide risk as 2′nd hand smoke, which is really quite small if you look it up on the Amer Cancer institutes site), and the truely large risks, such as traffic related, bad eating habits, lack of excercise, skin cancer, etc would
be the focus.
Then, generally avoid being such a big consumer (noting that no material/chemical is risk free), and advocating Sustainability concepts and outdoor activities to kids, all of which promote value in life and show gross material consumption to be just a habit our society has developed in last 50 years
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October 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
When a child goes to the dentist, I think the parent should be told exactly what the filling material is made from that is going into a childs mouth. As a dental assistant I would hear dentist tell parents that silver fillings were cheaper, they wouldnt tell the parents that they were easier to put into childrens mouths or that they are made from 50% mercury. Something alot of parents are trying to keep out of thier childrens bodies with the rise of Autism
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October 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
The sum total of pathogens and toxic chemicals that we inject into our children as part and parcel of the childhood vaccination program has never been evaluated using the highest standards of scientific inquiry. By this, I mean a longitudinal, double blind, placebo-controlled study that would compare total health outcomes of the vaccinated to the unvaccinated. We do know that the EPA standards of “safe” exposure to such toxic heavy metals as mercury and aluminum are substantially lower in our drinking water, for example in comparison to the amounts that we have somehow allowed our medical community to inject directly into our babies, starting as infants just hours after birth. Because there is no informed consent for vaccination, I lecture on vaccination safety and parent vaccine choices to educate parents. so they feel empowered to question their doctors, to fire the ones who will not tolerate the questions, and to continue doing the research needed to make the best vaccination decisions they can for their families.
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Julie reply on October 7, 2008 7:41 pm:
Glad to see that you’re agreeing to let your childern be part of a double blind vaccination trial!!!
As for me, I’ll gladly kep my children’s vacinations up to date. I have no desire to be the mother of a dead child. Especially of a disease that is totaly preventable. What parent can survive the guilt of having their child killed or maimed by a disease that they chose not to protect them from.
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October 7th, 2008 at 12:25 am
most of the idea displaed are very good, in my opinion its is very important the school environment be safe for students because they spent most of theire life in school, more than 12 years, and they more sensitive at small ages. to do an environmental health assessment for schools and prepare and distributean educational material for the school administration to highlighy the important of safe environment is very important.
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M. Bowman reply on October 7, 2008 1:47 pm:
Maybe children should’nt be the only ones spending a lot of time in school.
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Sarah reply on October 8, 2008 2:05 pm:
M. Bowman -
I am not sure what the purpose of your reply was except to make yourself sound ignorant. Well done.
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Cindy reply on October 13, 2008 1:05 pm:
M Bowman,
Perhaps that person is foreign born and is trying the best she can. Lighten up!
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M Bowman reply on October 20, 2008 2:10 pm:
My point is that if we want to protect our children, they ought to become informed on these issues from a technical and policy standpoint as they grow up. The best way to accomplish that is to provide a sound fundamental education as the foundation. I personally don’t see how I can empower my children to deal with all the messes we leave them if I can’t formulate a coherent sentence. Perhaps that makes me ignorant, I guess I’ll just have to take my chances.
If anyone finds my tone at all off-putting… too bad. Now is no longer the time to “lighten-up”. Let’s try “getting-real” and see how that works!
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October 7th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Living around a farmer with no love for there neighbors or the environment we have learned that the wellwater has high nitrates in which many babies died from bluebaby syndrome and if they survives they attended Special Education because EPA came here in 1997 and lied about the cause in which cancer, heartdisease is still ongoing today. My business that was in the family for fifty years is closed because of lies andthe farmer even intentionaly sprays at my grandaughter bus stop. Shame on Epa.
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October 7th, 2008 at 5:01 am
the most important thing is early education about “go green” to our child.
subaru
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October 7th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I became chemically sensitive to petroleum products and pestcides, and certain fragrances 5 yrs. ago, my mouth burns when I am around even small amounts in the environment. These are the things that I have to now do to keep the levelsof pollutants down in my house.
1. When I come home I change my clothes and put them in the laundry immediately. Fabrics pick up pollutants in the environment
everywhere, from fumes in traffic, vists to lawn and garden stores,
the cleaning aisle in the grocery stores. Change children’s clothes often.
2. Read labels. Look up the MSDS on products.Do not use cleaners and furniture polish around your children. After you use any cleaners etc. open windows and doors and air out your house, use your exhaust fans.
3. Pay attention to your child’s behavior when you know that they have been exposed to pollutants. Look for hyperactivity, problems with sleeping and other changes in behavior.
4.If you use weed killer or fertilizer or other outside chemicals check the MSDS, keep your children inside while they are being applied and for a day or two after as these chemicals will continue to offgas.
5.If you use outside chemicals in your yard, change your clothes outside or take them off and go straight to the shower. Don’t bring them in your and expose your children to them.
6. When you travel, keep your windows up, and your outside vents closed especially in heavy traffic. If you have to open a window,
wait until some of the traffic clears.
7.Be sure that your child is bathed every day and that their hair is washed. Change their beds often, if this is not possible change their pillow cases, even that will help.
8. If the parent is working in a heavily polluted work environment, then they should change their clothes outside before even entering the home.Heavily polluted work environments include, farming, mechanics, tire sales, grocery stores,beauty shops, manicurists,factories, refinishing etc. Parents need to think about
what they are bringing home with them
9.Use fragrance free detergents, softeners, no heavy fragranced bubble bath, low fragrance body soaps etc. Read labels and look up the MSDS. Get educated on what products you are using in your home and on and around your children.
10. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly. You don’t know where they have been or what they have on them.
11. Try to improve your child’s diet and be sure that they get right amount of sleep so that their immune systems can better handle
the effects of environmental pollutants.
12. Vacuum as often as possible, especially in your children’s play areas.Wash curtains often especially in children’s bedrooms.
13. If you buy any furniture that has to be put together, leave it outside for a day or so, opened up, so that it can offgass, before you bring it into your home.
14. Do not use latex paint around children unless you have proper ventilation,leave windows open for a day or two and let the paint cure. Never use oil base paint around them.
15. The main way to protect children and adults is to really think about what we are using in our homes and bringing in from everywhere we go and informing ourselves by reading labels, MSDS,
educating ourselves about offgassing,making better choices in the products we buy and changing our behaviors to minimize our exposures.
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October 7th, 2008 at 9:21 am
I hired professionals who are versed in working with lead paint to renovate my circa 1920 Victorian. Most of the windows, moldings, interior and exterior doors were covered with lead paint. As we were deciding to have windows replaced to make the home more energy efficient, I wanted to do-it-myself. However, when I learned that I could put my children at serious risk for lead poisoning, we began shopping around for a contractor. I knew from working with the local health dept. that certain methods of paint removal should be avoided. I found out that HUD had a program for public housing and that they had trained contractors to work in public housing. I found a professional who had taken the HUD training class and asked him to do the work. It cost more money to have the room contained (just about enveloped in plastic), but the contractor said the lead in the dust was more dangerous than the paint chips. He gave an EPA brochure that gave us information about keeping our house clear of lead hazards. I know if I had done the work myself I would have made a mess and potentially exposed my kids to poisonous levels of lead,
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Do not let your children help or be around cleaners. These products are readily absorbed into skin and inhaled. The EPA’s DfE program is making great strides to reduce or eliminate ingredients for environmental persistence, sensitization, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity and target organ toxicity. Only use products that have the DfE logo but remember these formulas are only improvements and may still contain provisionally approved ingredients till a safer ingredient is available.
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:46 am
A singificatn risk facing today’s children is harm from pesticide exposure. Drift and vaporization are unavoidable consequences of pesticide use, and therefore must be addressed by better policies and changes in common pesticide application practices in homes, in public facilities and in and around schools (pre-K through college). The EPA must thoroughly look at data being gathered by various states (air sampling data, medical health data, and science data) to confirm that pesticide drift is detectable in the air surrounding schools and homes that are near farming and forestry activity. Data from state agencies with a pesticide complaint reporting system confirm that pesticides have deposited directly onto school grounds and/or sickened teachers and children in classrooms. In the short term, the EPA must do more to protect children at school and in all public places and facilities. Ultimately, a solution must include ways to wean natural resources managers away from the use of toxic pesticides and to encourage those farmers and foresters who have already found alternatives to pesticides. To reverse the trend of increased rates of childhood health and developmental impairments linked to pesticide exposure, we must immediately raise the level of protection at schools to meet the highest possible standard of pesticide protection for children at all stages of their development.
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October 7th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I will vote and suport only public officials that will make the EPA accountable in it’s responsibilities to protect our environment. For instance… the enforcement of environmental regulations upon petrochemical companies for spills and benzene releases, volatile emissions during tank cleanings, etc. No “environmental” moratoreums or other lack of enforement to “help” big oil make money. By the way they hold us and EPA hostage with thier tactics… like “Don’t enforce regulations of the cost goes up.”
I would regulate perchlorate (used in rocket fuel) in water because it’s is a hazardous, toxic hydrocarbon and defend this based upon sound toxicolgical and scientific information instead of allowing lobbyist for the defense companies that produce these waste products and thier “strong arm and paid for” pollitical connections to allow said companies to dispose of these waste products in an inappropriate manner.
Cheers from Houston… the nations leading petrochemical refining and fuel processing center AND the Worlds leading cancer treatment center!
P.S. Don’t take my word on it folks… look it up yourself!
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October 7th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
As a member of a regulatory department with jurisdiction over the use and possession of economic poisons (pesticides) both agricultural and structural, I have tried to utilize such devices as our Unit’s annual newsletter, quarterly displays in our client foyer, and opportunities of public address to schools, libraries, and local gardening societies to share not only that pesticides are dangerous by their very nature but that similarly packaged retail products need to be carefully discerned by children and adults. I personally have participated in 11 years of active membership with the Girl Scouts of Spanish Trails Council in Montclair, California. Leading Nature hikes with additional inputs about pesticide safety. Attendance at a Futurism conference and discussing with City, County and State government employees the importance of stressing safety around children when using pesticides. Fired up by our Department’s activity of following up on all reported pesticide related injuries or illnesses; it is truly amazing how thoughtless parents and other adults can be when handling pesticides. Sometimes discovering that the adults did not even know that the sodium hypochlorite product they were adding to their pool was a pesticide. I have also worked closely with schools in our jurisdiction, emphasizing the concept of Integrated Pest Management. Suggesting that control of the environment could prevent the need for the use of some pesticides.
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October 7th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Indoor pollutants are the easiest way to try to reduce environmentally hazard. Change of household cleaners. I use the whole range of Ecosense cleaners from Melaleuca. It’s safe, environmentally friendly, effective, and economical!
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October 7th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
We try to live more consciously about the effects of the decisions we take on what to purchase and how to live to protect our children and the environment they will inherit. We instill a love for the outdoors by spending time there, letting them explore the local creek, catch crickets in the yard, go camping/hiking, etc. and pick up trash when we find it (too often!) We read stories about the natural world and get NWF kids magazines. We buy local organic when we can and limit processed foods. We use natural bath products and home cleaning products, and do not use any pesticides or herbicides. We have a radon removal system in the basement. Next step - work with the schools for nature education and helpful activities like watershed and wildlife conscious gardening.
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October 7th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
We don’t visit places that allow smoking which is less of a concern since Ohio put a smoking ban into place. I try to make sure that they know and appreciate nature by visiting parks and participating in some of their programs whenever possible. They help to recycle their toys by donating them. They have helped collect electronic items we don’t use and are either inoperable or out of date for e-cycling. I also schedule spraying my weeds on when I plan not to have the children in the yard for 2-3 days.
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October 7th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
One of my biggest concerns for my children is pesticides. There are many over-the-counter pesticides that are just aweful- like roundup and sevin dust, for example. I keep honeybees, I know that pesticides are a threat long after areas have been treated with them. I really don’t see the oversight over the poisons we buy at Walmart that I would like to.
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October 8th, 2008 at 4:06 am
As a millwright I hate to think of what i have been exposed to and what effect it has had on my family. When I was growing up most of the men in my family all worked in factories. At that time they where all strong hard working men who feared nothing. I remember when my dad showed me how to siphon gas by sucking it threw a garden hose. And how we would get rid of used motor oil or paint. just dig a hole in the ground and poor it in and cover it up with dirt. Well you should see those big strong men now at least the ones that are alive. The best way I can protect my kids from envirormental hazzards is to set a good example.
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October 8th, 2008 at 4:07 am
The very first and basic thing we all can do is EDUCATE the chiledren in a very simple language and form regarding environmental hazards………. We can also show them some live examples in our surroundings, to make them understand the seriousness of the topic better.
And, we should help them to observe and analyse and discuss some issuses in this regard.
Also, we should frequently ask and help them to emphasis on protecting the environment by not doing certain things / actions, which in return gives us the negative results!
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
First, I realize that I cannot completely guard my child from exposure to the many toxins in the environment. I do my best by using plant-based, non-toxic cleaners from bath and body products to laundry. We also filter our tap water for all drinking and cooking. I try to purchase organically grown foods, although economics keep me from purchasing 100% of my groceris this way, I do make sure she drinks organic milk, vegatables, and fruit.
The other thing I do is educate her on how to be a good steward of our world by showing her how to recycle, garden, and to reduce waste.
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October 10th, 2008 at 11:47 am
We have been working close with School Districts on ways to reduce diesel emissions in their school buses. Diesel exhaust can be hazardous to a child’s health, especially those that have asthma and other lung problems. We have currently been working with school districts to find grants for emission reducing technologies, such as diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate traps. These technologies can significantly reduce Particulate matter and other toxic pollutants that may affect a child’s lungs. We have also been encouraging school districts to reduce their school bus idling and to use cleaner burning fuels that help reduce diesel emissions. These fuels include biodiesel and ultra low sulfur diesel.
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October 11th, 2008 at 5:14 am
What I did and do is educate parents,child care providers and schools on NO VOC in IAQ. Can it be done? YES. Remove all Pesticides and Dangerous chemical cleaners use around children on a daily basis. Did I provide resources for them?YES I have 3 child care providers that acted on this, and the children and staff showed great results. You can educate on healthy IAQ but without resources,we are at risk. Please contact me @ email for more info if needed.
Respectfully,Mary Baker
Lets Protect the AIR we BREATHE for children,adults and pets.
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October 11th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Good,about ” what do you do to protect children from environmetal hazards?
I don’t play garbage in the street.
And say no to fire in the forest
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I tell my kids about the dangers of drugs.
I tell my kids about the dangers of a rampant uncontrolled EPA that promulgates incredibly costly regulations that produce miniscule tangible benefits.
I tell my kids to be immediately suspicious of any educator that shows Al Gore’s global warming movie without an equal presentation of the opposite side of the discussion.
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October 13th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I pray for them.
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October 28th, 2008 at 3:04 am
childrens furniture…
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October 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
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