Electroplaters had higher risks than "metal treatment" workers. Although the risks were due to past exposure, case histories and recent acute effects indicate a present carcinogenic hazard in some Lombardy electroplating factories.

Revista Chilena de Pediatría -Julio -Agosto 2011 CONO SUR SOUTH CONE OF AMERICA Rev Chil Pediatr 2011; 82 (4): 358-359 Esta sección contiene los artículos originales de las Revistas de Pediatría de las Sociedades de Pediatría del Cono Sur seleccionados en el XV encuentro de Editores, Asunción, Paraguay 2010, para ser publicados por los países integrantes durante el año 2011. Cardiopatías congénitas, resultados del manejo perioperatorio en 18 meses. Experiencia en el

Improvements in the health standards of developed and developing societies depend primarily on the relationships between economy and environment. Recent long-term changes in the chemical composition of man-made environments may be linked to changes in the biology of human beings. Here we argue that children are at the greatest risk of being affected by the dangerous effects of these changes, with particular reference to cancer. The concept of cancer risk must be extended to new contexts. Considering the increasing rates of chemical pollution and its spreading in the environment, we illustrate a proposal aiming to protect the human health, in an intra- and intergenerational perspective. A surveillance system of occupational and residential exposures should be implemented to prevent cancer risk in embryos and children.