Protecting Your Child's Health

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Editors
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Healthy Family Begins Before the Baby Arrives
Chapter 2. Feeding Your Baby
	Breastfeeding
	Bottle-feeding and Formula
Chapter 3. Safe Drinking Water: It’s More Complicated Than Buying a Filter
	Water Testing, Regulations, and Notices
	Babies and Drinking Water
	Drinking Water at Home and School: How Do We Know It Is Safe?
	Well Water
Chapter 4. Healthy Eating: From Farm to Kitchen
	Antibiotics in Food
	Cooking and Food Storage
	Pesticides in Food
	Food and Cancer
	Arsenic in Food
	Lead in Food and Cookware
	Herbs and Supplements
Chapter 5. Your Home: Keeping It Safe for Your Family
	Getting Rid of Pests Safely
	Arts and Crafts Are Safe, Aren’t They?
	Renovating Your Home Safely
	Air: What You Need to Know to Breathe Easy
		Allergy and Asthma Triggers
		Air Cleaners
		Tobacco Smoke
	A Sea of Chemicals?
	Personal Care Products
	Specific Hazardous Substances
		Asbestos
		Carbon Monoxide
		Lead
		Mercury
		Nickel
		Radon
Chapter 6. Technology: Friend or Foe?
Chapter 7. Let’s Go Outside! Playing It Safe in the Yard or on the Beach
	Decks and Wooden Structures
	Fun in the Sun
		Heat
		Sunscreen
		Playing in the Yard
Chapter 8. What a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!
	Healthy Neighborhoods
	Air Quality
	Noise Pollution
	Landfills
	Hazardous Waste Sites
Chapter 9. Oh, the Places They Go! All Around Town With Your Child
	Healthy Child Care
	School
	Around Town
Chapter 10. Your Teenager: A Whole New World
Chapter 11. Navigating Your Child’s Health Care
	Blood and Other Testing for Environmental Toxicants
	Dental Issues
	X-rays
	Specific Health Conditions
		Asthma
		Cancer
		Developmental Disabilities
		Obesity
Chapter 12. The Big Green Picture: Saving People and the Planet
Appendix
	Resources
Index
About the Editors
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