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We've all read about toxic chemicals that the government allows in food. Recent news about toys made in China containing lead and unhealthy plastics has brought more attention to the important sustainable children's market. The next generations will be inheriting all of our successes and failures - shouldn't we start them off on a positive note?

Los Angeles-based non-profit organization Healthy Child Healthy World has been promoting positive choices and changes for children sine 1991.

Healthy Child Healthy World exists because more than 125 million of America's children now face an historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD / ADHD, and learning and developmental disabilities. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to environmental hazards and household chemicals as causing and contributing to many of these diseases.

In response to a report from the National Research Council (NRC), Healthy Child Healthy World has teamed up with Ohio-based Naturepedic, whose dedicated solely to creating organic cotton mattresses that promote the health and safety of children.

The aforementioned NRC study concluded that "50 percent of all pregnancies in the U.S. are now resulting in prenatal or postnatal mortality, birth defects, developmental neurological problems, or otherwise chronically unhealthy children. According to the report, exposure to toxic chemicals or environmental factors may have been a factor in as many as 28 percent of the 4 million children born each year, with at least 1 in 6 children having neurological or immune reactive conditions including autism, schizophrenia, ADD, dyslexia and various learning disabilities."

Whether shopping for a friend with a new one or if you have had the blessing of a baby being introduced into your world, visit Healthy Child Healthy World's website for more information about developing a sustainable environment for your bundle of joy, including recommended companies and brands.

Just wanted to give everyone an update on this story. The police have not been able to locate the man who supplied the family with a commercial pesticide which killed their child.

They have just released his name and photo.

Please read the full story here: http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/072407/loc_072407029.shtml