Environmental Toxins: Mercury, Lead, Pesticides | Keeping Kids Healthy

Did you know that your child could get mercury poisoning from eating tuna fish? And that if a woman of childbearing age -- or one who's pregnant or nursing -- eats too much fish with mercury in it, her baby's brain development could be permanently damaged? Both dangers are real, but they are also preventable. The same is true of lead poisoning: it affects nearly a million children ages 1-5 in the US, and once the damage happens, it's irreversible -- but again, it's easy to prevent it if you know what to do. And this show will tell you! Our host, Dr. Winnie King, brings you true stories from the families, and the FACTS from the experts --about protecting your children from mercury and lead poisoning, about reducing the potential dangers from pesticides, about the real role of organic food in protecting your kids' health -- all in this jam-packed half-hour show, that will teach you how to easily and confidently keep your kids safe!

Guests:


Jill Stein, MD - Environmental toxins expert; Board of Directors for Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility; Staff physician at Simmons College Health Center; Instructor in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School for over 15 years; Coauthor of In Harm's Way, a study of toxins in the environment and the impact of toxic exposures on child development; Founder and recent past president of the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities

John Rosen, MD - Lead poisoning expert; Director, Lead Poisoning Clinic at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York City; Chief, Division of Environmental Sciences, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore; Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Leonardo Trasande, MD - Environmental toxins expert, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Assistant Director, The Mount Sinai Center for Children's Health and the Environment (CCHE)

Joy Bauer, Nutritionist - Served as clinical nutritionist with the neurosurgical team at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and as Director of Nutrition and Fitness for Mount Sinai Medical Center's Department of Pediatric Cardiology in New York City, for whom she developed the "Heart-Smart Kids Program." Taught anatomy & physiology, and sports nutrition, at New York University's School of Continuing Education; served as nutritionist for New York University's faculty, students, and athletes; Served as nutrition consultant for the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Jeff Moyer - Organics Expert, The Rodale Institute; Managing farmer and researcher at the Rodale Institute

Deirdre Imus - Organics Advocate; Founder and President, Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology®, part of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in New Jersey

Justine Simons - Producer, Keeping Kids Healthy; mother of Eleanor, Age 3, and Nathaniel, Age 1

Hardy Jones -- Documentary Producer, BlueVoice.org (provided interview footage of family dealing with mercury poisoning)