The irony of Colette's death was that prior to her illness, both her parents were extremely sensitive to environmental issues. Nancy had been a broadcast journalist for over twenty years. She purchased organic produce and rid her home of hidden toxins. Jim, was and still is an environmental architect. Wilm's Tumor is one of the most common abdominal childhood malignancies.
Cancer is now the number one disease killer of children from late infancy through early adulthood.
Also, significant is that there has been an increase in children's learning disabilities, attention deficit and other behavior disorders. According to CHEC, since 1950, at least 75,000 new chemical compounds have been released into the environment through consumer and industrial products and foods. Toxicity studies cannot not measure the dangerous the effect of the combinations of chemicals that children are exposed to daily. Carol Baxter is a free-lance writer specializing in articles regarding environmental issues, with special interest in how environmental negligence impact on the health of our children, family and the planet. Carol also writes the column Teaching Green .