It is well established that progress in civilization, directly as well as indirectly, has exposed humankind to several kinds of threats, one of which is exposure to harmful chemicals.
However, when it comes to children’s exposure to these harmful chemicals, concern grows graver, as chemicals strike at their health more ruinously.
Attracting world’s attention to take precautionary measure for saving kids from the spate of these harmful chemicals, WHO came out with its first ever report, revealing how these chemicals affects children’s health at different periods.
As per the report by WHO, there are enough evidences to show that exposure to certain environmental chemicals during childhood may give way to cancer and heart disease in the later life. Moreover, exposure to these chemicals often leads to poor body mechanism in kids, leaving them with different kinds of developmental problems.
Here it won’t be wrong to mention that in the past view decades; concerns have been raised about the rising level of chemical poisoning. However, efforts to bring down its level haven’t been fuelled to a good level. For instance, rise in mercury level got a kick off globally with the Industrial Revolution in the mid-18th century, which now has emerged as a serious threat to the entire ecology and same is the case with various other toxics.
It is quite perturbing that chemical pollution in reality is polluting our future, which is quite a serious issue that needs to be tackled on war footing, as the poison in the form of chemicals, is fast eroding kids’ mechanism, increasing thier vulnerability to several deadly diseases.
Therefore, it could be stated that time has come when we shall have to seriously ponder over the problem and will have to find out ways to prevent these harmful chemicals from tiding over our lives. In other words, it won’t be wrong to say that time has come when entire world will have to come forward with a well-knitted strategy; otherwise, it would be too late to save future (that lies in kids) from chemical poison, which is fast foraying into our lives.