An investigative journalist and child health advocate separates myths from reality as she draws on the latest environmental, toxicological, and medical research to assess threats to children's health, answering questions about such key concerns as sources of mercury and lead poisoning, how to prevent childhood asthma, beauty product carcinogens, pesticides, and more. Original.
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Libby McDonald is a writer, a documentary filmmaker, and a mother of four. An advocate for children, she started an alternative public school for the underprivileged in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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