Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series
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Protecting Children's Health Where They Live, Learn and Play, 05 Sep 2018
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Keywords
Children--Health and hygiene; Children and the environment; Chemicals--Physiological effect;
Description
Not only do children have more opportunities to be exposed to environmental chemicals, but as children grow and mature, their unique physiologic, developmental, and behavioral differences make them especially vulnerable to chemical exposures. Because children are smaller than adults, their surface area–to–body mass ratio is greater. Children eat more food and drink more water per unit of body weight than do adults, and breathe at a faster rate. Infants and children of all ages spend more time on the floor or ground than adults. Therefore, children will come into more contact with contaminants on these surfaces. Chemical exposures can disrupt the critical and rapid stages of development that occur in prenatal and early childhood life that can affect their health for a lifetime.
Publication Type
Video
Inventory Number
01
Publication Date
9-5-2018
File Format
video/mp4
Disciplines
Biology | Environmental Sciences
Publisher
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2018 Jennifer Lowry
Restrictions
No restrictions. Open to noncommercial use.
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Lowry, Jennifer M.D., "Protecting Children’s Health Where They Live, Learn and Play" (2018). Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series. 1.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/leopold/1
Lecture Series Title
Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series @ UNI
Lecture Series Description
The Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series will engage the University of Northern Iowa community, providing opportunities throughout the academic year to interact with a dynamic set of visiting speakers focusing on our relationship with the natural world.
