Family Rights and Child Abuse News

A Doctor's Rx: How to Deal with the Toxic Contamination in Our Children

by Michael Greger, MD

In a study highlighted in California Childen Are Contaminated, researchers analyzed the diets of California children ages two through seven to determine the cancer and non-cancer health effects from food contaminant exposures.

It turns out food may be the primary route of exposure to toxic heavy metals, persistent pollutants, and pesticides. "Though food-borne toxic contaminants are a concern for all ages, they are of greatest concern for children, who are disproportionately impacted because they're still developing and have greater intake of food and fluids relative to their weight. Pediatric problems that have been linked to preventable environmental toxin exposures include cancer, asthma, lead poisoning, neurobehavioral disorders, learning and developmental disabilities, and birth defects."

robynobrien.com

July 9, 2015

A family destroyed: Six-month-old dies after clinic injects baby with 13 vaccines at once without mother's informed consent

by Celia Farber

When her son Bently was six months old, she took him in for a round of vaccinations to his local clinic, in Fort Worth, Texas, where she lived then...

She began to speak, and tell her shocking story. When her son Bently was six months old, she took him in for a round of vaccinations to his local clinic, in Fort Worth, Texas, where she lived then. She had delayed giving him his two-month shots, so his immune system could develop a bit more, and she felt confident that he would fare better now that he was six months old. The pediatrician that day was telling her how important vaccinations were, and how many children died without them in his native country in Africa. He described how mothers would line up to get the shots for their babies, and that many had to have 10 children, just to have a few that survived infancy. Totally unbeknownst to his mother, Bently received a staggering 13 vaccinations that day, including two triple doses of DTap, Hepatitis B, a polio shot, three oral rotavirus doses, and a pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine. It was all compressed into three shots and one oral dose. It took the nurses half an hour to prepare all the shots Bently received. The pediatrician told Alisa that her boy perfectly healthy-that he showed above average strength in his stomach and legs.

naturalnews.com

October 11, 2015

A few initial thoughts on draft child policy

by M. Kaisar-Ul-Haque

A newspaper report of yesterday highlighted certain components of draft child policy that was announced yesterday by government of Bangladesh.

It appears prima-facie from the report - a bunch of child welfare measures have been recommended with a kind of inter-disciplinary flare to deal with, as appropriate, consequences, implications and ramifications that might arise out of and in the course of implementation of relevant components of the draft against the backdrop of say existing laws such as those in areas of criminal justice.

The New Nation

September 17, 2010

A Foster Child Pining for his Mother

by Michelle Barclay and Mary Hermann, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

This Georgia boy's long stay in the foster care system started when his mother signed a temporary voluntary relinquishment of her parental rights because of her alcohol and drug abuse.

Logan says he will go live with his mother in Texas as soon as he turns 18. He also said going home to his mother is his choice for permanency while in foster care. The Cold Case Project team reviewing his case in 2009, assisted with facilitating movement toward that placement now. Why wait until 18? Logan has even hand written a letter to Texas asking to allow him to go home and live with his mother. All three times, Logan's ICPC request has been denied.

jjie.org

August 10, 2011

A Genetic Clue to Why Autism Affects Boys More - TIME

by Alice Park

Among the many mysteries that befuddle autism researchers: why the disorder affects boys four times more often than girls.

But in new findings reported online today by the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers say they have found a genetic clue that may help explain the disparity.

Time Magazine

May 19, 2009