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The industrialized world bears a major responsibility for having created this state of affairs and a comparable duty to change it. The West has suffi cient resources to provide aid to mitigate suffering. We must transform ourselves from consumers of trained professionals in low income countries into providers of training and care. Opportunities for our trainees to work abroad as trainers and carers in low income countries will enlarge their understanding and make them better practitioners when they return. The “brain drain” is not a cliché; it is a reality visible every day when we make rounds in Western institutions. | Chemical Safety and Children s Health Protecting the world s children from harmful chemical exposures a global guide to resources Prepared by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety IFCS Children and Chemical Safety Working Group October 2005 The listing of resources in this pamphlet is intended to provide information and guidance. The mention of specific resources or their producers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Links to additional resources can be found on the IFCS website at http ifcs documents forums forum4 children en Suggestions of additional resources for listing on the IFCS website may be submitted to the IFCS Secretariat email ifcs@ . Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety IFCS Children and Chemical Safety Working Group G. Bengtsson Special Advisor to the IFCS President Ekero Sweden A. Carroll . Environmental Protection Agency Washington . USA L. Corra Chairperson International Society of Doctors for the Environment and the International Network on Children s Health Environment and Safety Buenos Aires Argentina K. Kunzer American Chemistry Council Washington . USA J. Pronczuk World Health Organizations Geneva Switzerland K. Shea Department of Maternal and Child Health UNC School of Public Health USA J. Stober Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety Secretariat Geneva Switzerland The publication was a collaboration among the work group members and does not necessarily represent the views of the individual organizations with which they are affiliated. Introduction Whether you are a government official a physician a nurse a teacher or a parent you face a variety of challenges to keeping children and families healthy. One important area that may be overlooked is the possibility of harmful exposures to chemicals in the environment. Yet every day children may be exposed to a variety