Lead Babies: Breaking the Cycle of Learning Disabilities, Declining IQ, ADHD, Behavior Problems, and Autism [Hardcover]

Joanna Cerazy MEd (Author), Sandra Cottingham PhD (Author)

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Product Description

This groundbreaking study reveals the continuing danger that lead contamination presents to health—particularly in the earliest stages of life. Disclosure about the lead content in house paint, gasoline, canned food, and tap water revolutionized the manufacturing of those products a generation ago, but lead-based products are still produced and pose a health hazard as lead remains in the environment years after its initial use. The deleterious effects of lead on early cognitive development are well documented, but the data in this reference regarding in utero lead transfer contains critical new information that shows the effects on infants and families. Week-by-week brain development in unborn and newborn children is demonstrated, explaining lead’s damage potential at each stage and how that household sources and surroundings—including soil, plumbing, imported canned goods, and house dust—are outlined and simple precautions that can reduce or minimize exposure are discussed. With an awareness that has allowed a generation of injured children to be born, and empowers the reader to break this destructive cycle.

About the Author

Joanna Cerazy, MEd, is a special education consultant and has taught both regular and special education classes in primary, elementary, and secondary schools. Sandra Cottingham, PhD, is a special education consultant with 20 years of classroom experience. She is an instructor in the department of counseling psychology and special education at the University of British Columbia and an associate of the Taos Institute. They both live in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kunati Inc.; 1 edition (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601641923
• ISBN-13: 978-1601641922
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
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• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,192,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)