Everyday Environmental Toxins

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.This collection of timely chapters presents a nuanced study of environmental toxins and the risks they pose to children¿s development. The book details the impact of a number of commonplace environmental toxins, focusing on everyday exposure to tobacco smoke, lead, pesticides, and flame retardants. This book aims to create greater awareness to spur additional research, provide vital information to clinicians, and send a powerful message to government officials, putting pressure on them to develop policies that improve the quality of the environment and spare children the detrimental effects of such exposures.