Toxins and Children

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Many American children suffer from some sort of chronic illness, including cancer, asthma, birth defects, and neurological diseases, and over the past 25 years, the rates have been increasing. In their new book Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children journalists Philip Shabecoff and Alice Shabecoff reveal the frightening links between the rise in children’s chronic illnesses and industrial toxins.

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