The Ocean of Toxins Our Children Are Growing Up In

A deepening detrimental effect on our children’s health is afoot as more and more toxins pervade our air, water, and food.

A little boy plays by the river across from a smokestack and the thick haze of polluted air. Soloviova Liudmyla/Shutterstock

Our children are being exposed to a toxic load that is unprecedented in our world. This ubiquity of chemicals has dire consequences that have parents worried about their children’s futures while wondering how to navigate our increasingly toxic lives.

And as the world becomes more toxic, our children are getting sicker.