Fish is a healthy food choice. But some fish contain mercury, a metal that can harm the developing brain.
House dust contains small amounts of toxic chemicals, much of which comes from products such as furniture and electronics. These chemicals can harm children’s health.
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) presents the top 5 tips for creating a healthy environment in the home.
Early Exposures to Hazardous Chemicals/Pollution and Associations with Chronic Disease: A Scoping Review
Les risques anticipés des expositions aux substances chimiques dangereuses et à la pollution et leurs associations aux maladies chroniques : Un cadrage de l’examen
A baby’s or young child’s delicate skin can absorb potentially harmful chemicals from everyday products, such as insect repellents, sunscreens, lotions and diaper creams. The developing fetus can also be exposed to chemicals in cosmetics and other products used on the mother’s skin during pregnancy.
In Canada, more than half of all children aged six months to five years spend the majority of their waking hours in early learning and child care environments, not including kindergarten. During those hours they receive care and nurturing, learn to socialize with their peers, and develop important skills.
We know that young children explore and learn through hand-to-mouth activity. But these innocent actions may also harm their health.
The development of this Vision and Strategy for Children’s Health and Environment in Canada builds on years of work by the partner organizations of the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) to gather and synthesize scientific evidence about the links between environmental exposures and fetal/child health outcomes, translate
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