According to this businessweek.com story, research on baby mice showed that when exposed to a common chemical, the animals developed allergic asthma, raising fears about possible impacts in human children. An excerpt:
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical commonly found in polycarbonate plastic bottles and the aluminum lining of food and beverage cans. Production of the chemical started about 40 years ago, a timing that scientists note coincides with increasing asthma rates.
Kelly Puente joined the Press-Telegram in 2006 as an editorial assistant and eventually worked her way up to general assignement reporter. Over the years, she’s covered everything from crime and breaking news to human interest and the cities of Bellflower and Cerritos. Kelly is a Long Beach resident and graduate of Cal State Long Beach. She’s new to the education beat and is looking for great stories.
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It is time that our world see that asthma is not only a medical fact it is a social fact.
I am in agree but I think that they are also other kind of rituals that produce in my opinion this illness specially in small children.
I would say children between 0-2 years old.
I want only to mentioned that I am not a Physician.I am an Educator and a not graduated Social Psychologist.
I can understand that walking with a baby carriage on the street it is not the most safe and healthy in some places because of the pollution. A very significant representative visual's factor almost for me is the tradition to cover the baby carriage with a synthetic blanket that in many situations is not the most clean.
I come from Europe and this is unimaginable that a child can be so many hours without air inside this "carriage box" that for sure in some situations will be very hot.Is this to prevent the sun radiations? Can be ,but they are other technical tools to cover these small children from the sun and also from the pollution.
When I came to this country I was really concern about because I was the one who was suffering many years from this illness asthma not as a child as an adult and because of a psychological and social situation but I was one of the ones that was confident with this feeling.
After many years fighting with the illness.I have understood that asthma is for life and the prevention is one of the most valuable factors.Generally Prevention is the key of the good health for everybody.
My recommendation in this comment will be a very strong prevention's program from the government
directed especially to the smalls ones,directed to the families.
Directed to the preventive health program for all the persons who are living and working in this country.
I don't want now to make any exclusion because of the legal status or the legal situation.I want only to give my opinion and of course look inside the expenses of our community.In conclusion to prevent the increase of the socials illness as we know asthma/obesity/diabetes etc...