Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children

Lisbeth E. Knudsen; Marie Pedersen; D. F.  Merlo

Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children

Lisbeth E. Knudsen, Marie Pedersen, D. F. Merlo

Abstract

Children are not small adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility. Rapid growth, development, and anatomical and physiological changes in various organs and organ systems differentiate children from adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility to environmental exposures. The unborn child and lactating child may be exposed to environmental pollutants that depend on the maternal exposures. Also children are exposed to different sources of exposure because of behavior, for example, eating sand from a sandpit, exposure to dust while crawling on the floor. Moreover children have a longer life span in which to express illness. Second, children are particularly dependent on their environment and on their caregivers to make the right decisions for them. Their ability of making independent decisions depends on their age and it may differ from adults.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Environmental Health
Editors	J. O. Nriagu
Number of pages	10
Volume	2
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	1 Jan 2011
Edition	1
Pages	400-409
Chapter	387
ISBN (Print)	978-0-444-52273-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011

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