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[Tamara R Pearlman]

Children's Health Resources

Annual Report Captures Efforts to Protect Children
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)
Check out EPA's Environmental Kid's Club for other kid-friendly
information about the environment

Visit EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP)

Children’s Health: Hurricane and Flood Disasters - www.epa.gov/katrina/faqs.htm#13

Kids, Students and Teachers

Want to learn about the environment? Want to share what you know with
someone else? With fact-sheets, interactive games, and more, EPA's
kids, students and teachers websites can help you with all sorts of
information about EPA and the environment.

Visit EPA's Healthy School Environments web site at: www.epa.gov/schools

The Healthy School Environments web pages are intended to serve as a
gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school
administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents,
teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools.

Other EPA Kids Pages

Global Warming - Global warming refers to an average increase in the
Earth's temperature, which in turn causes changes in climate. A warmer
Earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, a rise in sea level,
and a wide range of impacts on plants, wildlife, and humans. When
scientists talk about the issue of climate change, their concern is
about global warming caused by human activities.

Body and Mind (BAM) web site

BAM! is brought to you by The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). BAM! was created to answer kids' questions on health
issues and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier,
stronger, and safer. BAM! also serves as an aid to teachers, providing
them with interactive activities to support their health and science
curriculums that are educational and fun. www.bam.gov