Word: infantes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Carnation started selling its new "hypoallergenic" infant formula called Good Start H.A. last November, the Nestle subsidiary hailed the product as a "medical breakthrough." Because the formula is made from whey, Carnation believed it would prove ideal for colicky babies who cannot tolerate traditional milk-based solutions. Since then, six cases have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration of babies who developed allergic reactions to Good Start. One of these infants vomited constantly for more than an hour...
Other child-development experts concur with Norton's findings. Many poor children, they note, are mystified by the "time-slotted" school environment, where crayons are often taken away before the picture is finished because it is juice time. Says clinical psychologist Jeree Pawl, director of the Infant- Parent Program at San Francisco General Hospital: "The structured situation makes them feel powerless. It feels arbitrary, senseless and imposed because at home there is no predictability and rigidity." Confused youngsters may withdraw or rebel, prompting some teachers to peg these children as troublemakers or slow learners...
...rescues. With a record 372 homicides last year, Washington has the nation's third highest murder rate. More than half the killings were related to the large quantities of drugs sold in some 200 street markets around town. Before declining slightly in 1987, the city's infant-mortality rate reached a Third World level of 21 deaths per 1,000 live births, more than twice the national average. Though its income and inheritance taxes are among the nation's highest and though some 17% of its $2 billion budget is provided by federal subsidy, the District faces a deficit this...
...behind some of the greatest achievements of modern times: the invention of laborsaving machines, the discovery of anesthetics and vaccines, the development of efficient transportation and communication systems. But, increasingly, technology has come up against the law of unexpected consequences. Advances in health care have lengthened life-spans, lowered infant-mortality rates and, thus, aggravated the population problem. The use of pesticides has increased crop yields but polluted water supplies. The invention of automobiles and jet planes has revolutionized travel but sullied the atmosphere...
...will demand "fundamental changes in society." Ingrained cultural attitudes that promote high birthrates will have to be challenged. Many families in poor agrarian societies, for example, see children as a source of labor and a hedge against poverty in old age. People need to be taught that with lower infant mortality, fewer offspring can provide the same measure of security. In some societies, numerous progeny are viewed as symbols of virility. In Kenya's Nyanza province, a man named Denja boasts that he has fathered 497 children...