Annual Report Captures Efforts to Protect Children from the EPA.gov website
Tamara R Pearlman
A new publication outlines national efforts to protect children from
environmental risks over the last year. EPA's Children's Environmental
Health: 2008 Highlights is the eighth in an annual series on work done
in its programs, labs and regions.
EPA has funded research on how the environment affects children's
health, promoted the education of health care providers, published
information about how climate change affects children’s health, and
assembled data to quantify the extent of children’s health issues. EPA
is addressing environmental health disparities, issues during
pregnancy, the rebuilding of communities with children’s needs in mind
and the health of children in our nation’s schools.
Issues in the report include childhood asthma, lead poisoning,
exposure to the sun, children and chemicals, integrated pest
management, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units and
research findings. This year marks the 11th year of explicit attention
to the health of children following the Executive Order of 1997,
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks.
Download and read the report (PDF, 32 pp, 1.14MB, About PDF)