Child Environmental Health

Parents' everyday behaviours are treated as a modifiable pathway that can reduce or amplify children's environmental risks. Children are more vulnerable than adults to environmental hazards because of development, behaviour, and higher exposure per unit body weight. The study links environmental exposures to respiratory, neurodevelopmental, endocrine, reproductive, cognitive, behavioural, developmental, infectious, cancer, and chronic disease risks. Examples of preventive parenting behaviours include lowering indoor pollution, improving home air quality, limiting chemical use, choosing safer products, following chemical safety guidance, and reducing radiation exposure.