The Delicate Skin of Babies
Up to 60% of what you rub onto your child's skin can be detected in the blood within minutes. They absorb proportionally higher doses of toxins per unit of body weight; their organs may suffer significant damage more quickly.
Several factors, according to the American National Academy of Sciences, contribute to children's vulnerability to the harmful effects of chemicals:
A child's chemical exposures are greater pound-for-pound than those of an adult.
Children are less able than adults to detoxify & excrete chemicals.
Children's developing organ systems are more vulnerable to damage from chemical exposures.
Children have more years of future life in which to develop disease triggered by early exposure.
Several factors, according to the American National Academy of Sciences, contribute to children's vulnerability to the harmful effects of chemicals:
A child's chemical exposures are greater pound-for-pound than those of an adult.
Children are less able than adults to detoxify & excrete chemicals.
Children's developing organ systems are more vulnerable to damage from chemical exposures.
Children have more years of future life in which to develop disease triggered by early exposure.
