According to the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Patch, Dr. Maida P. Galvez, M.D., of Mount Sinai Medical Center recently addressed the League of Women Voters (LWV) regarding the environment and the state of children's health today.

From the article: “Children are more vulnerable than adults, pound per pound,” said Dr. Galvez. “They process toxins differently, and have windows of vulnerability. Their brains are developing, and they have more years of future life after the exposure, meaning a longer shelf life for the risk of disease later in their adult life.”

Could toxin exposures that occur prenatally be the reason that autism rates have skyrocketed in leading industrial countries? Some believe so, including many toxicologists, endocrinologists and leading pediatricians such as Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, professor of pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Having recently authored an article for medical journal Current Opinion, Dr. Landrigan cites specific studies that support this theory.