From playground equipment, snacks children eat at school to
fruit and vegetables served at home or even the food containers
they use, children these days are being increasingly put at a
higher risk of exposure to hazardous chemical substances than
ever before. "Speak of child safety and our discussion will not
only be limited to accidents anymore. Toxic contamination in the
environment has become one of the most significant and
challenging child safety issues," said Assoc Prof Dr Adisak
Palitttapongarnpim, director of the Child Safety Promotion and
Injury Prevention Research Centre of Ramathibodi Hospital's
Department of Paediatrics. In developing countries including
Thailand, economic growth is the order of the day. And toxic
substances are one of the unwanted by-products of such
development. To highlight the importance of this subject,
Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand (Earth) has recently
launched a book titled Bon Tang Haeng Pai: Mue Sanpit Kukkam
Pattanakarn Dek _ the translated version of In Harm's