A new preliminary study suggests that giving Hepatitis B vaccine to newborn baby boys triples the associated risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder. The study is reportedin the newsletter The Age of Autism. The study is reported in the September, 2009 issue of the journal Annals of Epidemiology.
According to researchers, [...]

A new study adds to the list of potetially harful effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used widely in plastics for consumer goods. The plastic is used in food containers and baby bottles, and is known to leach out of the plastics over time. Most people have some level of BPA [...]

The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to stop using certain cosmetic “Face Paint” items labeled as distributed by Oriental Trading Co., Omaha, Neb., due to adverse event reports of skin reactions in children. These items were distributed nationwide.
The FDA has learned of a cluster of adverse events in children exposed to various colors [...]

New research adds more evidence of the importance of vitamin D supplementation and that daily recommended levels are low. The study provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity, and is the first study of its kind of vitamin D and disease severity in children with asthma.
The study found [...]

According to new research Children born in areas with increased traffic-related pollution may be at greater risk of developing asthm due to genetic changes acquired in the womb. The study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Cincinnati (UC) is published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Researchers studied umbilical cord blood [...]

A study conducted by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University School of Medicine has identified childhood trauma as a significant risk factor for the development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
The results of the study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry, confirm that childhood trauma (sexual abuse and emotional [...]

First of its king study looks at effect of greenness on inner city children’s weight over time.
Childhood obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes, asthma, hypertension, sleep apnea and emotional distress. Obese children and youth are likely to be obese as adults, experience more cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and stroke and incur higher healthcare [...]

A small step in the right direction which should be a total ban.
In a report in the Canadian official government newspaper the Canada Gazette, The Canadian government will move to limit sales of baby bottles made with the chemical bisphenol A
Canadian environment and health ministries concluded that “bisphenol A be considered as a toxic substance [...]

Lead pollution is especially dangerous for children.
In another example of what is considered “safe” levels of exposure to toxic chemicals can change dramatically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dramatically strengthened the nation’s air quality standards for lead, especially for children. The new standards tighten the allowable lead level 10 times to 0.15 micrograms of lead [...]

A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults
The study, the first to link higher BPA levels and disease in adults, is published in the Journal of the American [...]