Dr. Bruce Lanphear: Why Are We Poisoning Our Children?
The Hidden Health Crisis We Can’t Ignore
Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a Canadian-born researcher, Professor of Health Sciences at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University, and longtime advocate for children’s environmental health, warns that these policies were never based on solid science. In fact, fewer than 5% of high-use industrial chemicals have ever been properly tested for safety.
Today, children are born “pre-polluted”—carrying measurable levels of toxins from the womb. These exposures contribute to rising rates of ADHD, infertility, asthma, early puberty, and cancer. Globally, one in five deaths is now linked to pollution and toxic chemicals.
But Lanphear reminds us: prevention works. Removing lead from gasoline cut lead poisoning by 95%. Banning smoking in public spaces reduced preterm births and heart attacks. Simple policies can have massive public health benefits.
We don’t need more consumer tips—we need political will. That means rejecting the lie of “safe doses,” funding independent science and regulating toxic chemicals like we would any other public health threat.
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