"NOW with Bill Moyers: Kids and Chemicals (excerpt 2)" Produced
by PBS File: Flash Video File In this excerpt from the hour-long
program, "Kids and Chemicals," Dr. Philip Landrigan, co-
Principal Investigator of the Mount Sinai Children's Center says
that injuries and cancer are leading causes of mortality for
children in the U.S. and developmental disabilities including
ADD and dyslexia are prevalent.Landrigan says exposure to
chemicals in the environment such as lead, mercury, pesticides
and PCBs can cause some of these disabilities, but much is still
unknown.Dr. Landrigan explains that even a small exposure to a
toxic chemical can have profound effects on a child's health,
depending on the amount and the timing of the exposure in the
child's early development. The video will load automatically but
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