ADHD: Alarms Raised; Risks Ignored

By the Children's Health Defense Team

How many American children currently have an ADHD diagnosis? Estimates range from a low of 5% to as high as 16%. Prevalence is at least twice as high for boys as girls; by high school, about one in five has an ADHD diagnosis versus one in 11 girls. In addition, there is a consistent upward trend that holds true across all subgroups indicating a continuous increase in the prevalence of diagnosed ADHD among US children and adolescents.

While acknowledging that genetics likely play a role, few dispute that environmental factors such as lead and other heavy metals, fluoride, pesticides and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals have a lot to do with the consistent upward trend of ADHD diagnoses. 

There are many steps that could be taken to further pinpoint the environmental toxins at fault and lower children’s exposure. Instead, government agencies continue to prevaricate about the risks of established neurotoxins and decline to investigate or regulate.

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UN Praises Maldives Bill Outlawing Informed Consent for Pharmaceuticals

By Jeremy R. Hammond, Guest Contributor 

The parliament of the Republic of Maldives recently passed a bill effectively outlawing the exercise of the right to informed consent, one of the most fundamental ethics in medicine. If ratified, according to multiple Maldives online news sources, the new law would make it illegal for parents to decline certain pharmaceutical products for their children.

Concerningly, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has praised the Maldives legislature for passing the bill, which has been promoted as bringing the country into closer compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

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