They are dangerous times, but they are also times of unprecedented opportunity. American children today may be confronted with the greatest difficulty and danger that can be placed on any generation, that of a subtle deterioration in health, largely the result of an increasingly hostile and toxic environment. Considering the circumstances, the marvel is that many do turn out well.
Children are much more vulnerable to toxic exposures than adults.
Because they have borne the brunt of these exposures and suffered the consequences in terms of impaired health, it can be predicted that the present generation of children, in years to come, will find definitive answers in terms of restoring a clean human environment and restoring natural balances that all too often, have been disrupted by modern technology. It has been said that difficulties carry the seeds for their own cure. In the present case, the ultimate cure must rest with the children. It is fairly safe to anticipate that the present generation of children will become the culture bearers of the future. Increasing health problems in children today largely involve two closely related and interacting systems of the body, the immune system and the brain and nervous system.