1) World Health Organization; Time Magazine, 3-24-08
2) Global Children's Fund, 'Child Maltreatment: A cross-comparison, (not yet available) 2008
3) CDC, "Fatal injuries among children by race and ethnicity-United States, 1999-2002," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 56, No. SS-5, 5-18-07
4) World Bank Reports, 2005 (the most recent statistical year available); The Wall Street Journal, "New calculation shows poverty more widespread," 8-27-08, p. A9
5) Department of Agriculture report, reported in Las Vegas Review Journal, p. 15A, "Number of Children going hungry increases," 11-18-08
6) Rose George (2008) The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters. Metropolitan Press
7) U.N. report; 6-9-08 Time 8) ABC, 8-22-08, 'Babyland'
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