"In Harm's Way has clarified a starting point for the next era of environmental health. It presents an elegant discussion of normal brain development and explores why these developmental processes are so vulnerable to environmental insult. It goes on to highlight a series of case studies describing chemicals in the environment that are known to disrupt brain development in laboratory animals and in children… Throughout, it identifies some of the areas of greatest confusion in this new field, and delineates the underlying logic and lines of evidence. As a result, this book is sure to inform discussions among representatives of widely varying disciplines.

Dr. Philip J. Landrigan
Director
Center for Children's Health and the Environment
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York

"Balancing a passionate commitment to children's health with a careful presentation of scientific evidence, In Harm's Way is a wake-up call. It shines a light on the potential role of toxic chemicals in several increasingly common neurodevelopmental disorders, including ADHD and autism. It points out that current regulations offer little or no margin of safety. Those of us in the health professions, our patients, and policy makers need to pay close attention."

Howard Frumkin, MD, Dr. P.H.
Chair
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

"The authors of In Harm's Way have done a masterful job of assembling a vast amount of information, and organizing and presenting it in a forceful and clear fashion. The sociopolitical analysis may be the most important part of the book. I hope it is widely distributed and read."

Herbert L. Needleman, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"In Harm's Way is a seminal report that should awaken doctors, teachers, parents, and all those who care about our children's health, to the detrimental effects that various environmental exposures may have on human development. I have no doubt that its analysis of the gene-environment interaction during the development process - as well as of the current risk assessment model - will convince policy makers and researchers alike that we need to act now. We need to act to find better ways to prevent these exposures - exposures that can compromise our children's neurological and other biological systems for life."

Elise Miller
Executive Director
Institute for Children's Environmental Health
Langley, WA

"In Harm's Way presents to the public the scope of environmental hazards which face our children today, focusing specifically on toxicants that impact brain development and function. It enables the reader to comprehend fundamental issues in neurotoxicology without the need for highly specialized technical training and knowledge. This is a good example of how community-based groups can increase the awareness of the public and bring about changes that will improve our world."

Nasser H. Zawia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Toxicology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

"This report is a wake-up call. It is very clear from the studies discussed here that we need much more vigorous research, tracking, and intervention (where appropriate), to deal with the problems described in In Harm's Way. The time has passed when we can permit children to be exposed to serious environmental hazards when they are most vulnerable."

Philip R. Lee, M.D.
Professor Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Institute for Health Policy Studies, U.C. San Francisco School of Medicine
Consulting Professor, Human Biology
Stanford University