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Today's epidemiscs in children: Possible relations to environemntal polution and suggested preventive measures

Facts and hypothesis on the relationship between some children's disease or disorders and external stresses during the developmental stage of a child, both prenatally and postnatally are described in literature. In this paper the following changes in patterns and causes of the main childhood illnesses are summarized and recommendations for actions are made.Prematurity, Intrauterine growth restriction, Testicular dysgenesis syndrome, Type I and Type II diabetes, Asthma, atopy and hay fever, Autism, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), Learning disabilities, Cancer, Obesity, Hearing problems.Literature provides a growing amount of information on chaniging patterns in childhood disease.Conclusions: The folloing recommendations for action are formulated: Immediate research on endocrine disrupters in relation to prematurity, diabetes: avoid Maillard Compounds in liquid baby food and in food in general: promote breastfeeding, Asthma: avoid exposure to smoking, the use of chemical household products, dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals, and avoid air pollution with high levels of particulate matter, especially around conception, during pregnancy and in the first years of life, Autism: more research on incidence and causes, ADHD and learning disabilities:more research or prevalance and causes. Preventions:1. preconceoption counseling to avoid potentially harmful substances ; 2. controlling and further lowering levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and methyl mercury, Cancer:promote breastfeeding, carry out research into effects of fetal exposure to internal fission-product radionuclides, Obesity.stop smoking in pregnancy, avoid parental obesity, longer night sleep, Hearing problems:lower noise in discotheques, promote the day-evening-night level to avoid noise (longer night sleep).

children; environment; health; epidemic

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