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Healthy Children Project Resources
CURRENT edition of our monthly e-newsletter
is available online at:
http://www.ldaofmichigan.org
/healthychildnews.htm
"Enhancing the
quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their
families though advocacy, education, training, service and support of
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Healthy Children Project Resources
 The
Healthy Children Project is here to bridge the gap between
our knowledge of environmental factors that impact developing
fetuses, the newborn or young children and the actions we are taking
to minimize or eliminate those factors.
The following website links will lead you
to more information on the many topics that are so important to our
families and to the environment:
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Eating seafood high in mercury is hazardous to your health,
especially for women and children. The
"Got Mercury?" Calculator
helps you make healthier seafood choices. Just enter your weight,
the seafood type, the amount of seafood you will eat during a
week, and click the calculator button. Calculations are based on
EPA and FDA data (updated 1/2006). Eat more than one type of fish
per week? Use the
Advanced Calculator.
"Got Mercury" Calculator:
http://www.gotmercury.org/
Advanced Calculator:
http://www.gotmercury.org/english/advanced.htm |
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New Toxic Toys Database: Michigan-based Ecology Center has
just released new research on over 1,500 toys in collaboration with
the Washington Toxics Coalition and other leading environmental
health groups across the country. Parents will be able to easily
check how products rank from highest to lowest in terms of lead,
cadmium and other chemicals that are associated with reproductive
problems, developmental and learning disabilities, hormone problems
and cancer. Toys made with PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, were also
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The Healthy Children Project website
Website Address:
http://www.healthychildrenproject.org/index.html
Clean and Green: Your Healthy Home and
Family (PDF)
Children’s Toys & Products: What’s in Your Child’s Toy
Box and Around Your Home? (PDF) |
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Michigan Network for Children's
Environmental Health website
Website Address:
http://mnceh.org |
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The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative,
coordinated by the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health
Website Address:
http://www.iceh.org/LDDI.html
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