Advocates for Children ’s Health: Working Together to Reduce Harmful Environmental Exposures

PDF Version (4.5 MB) About This Article Published: 2 January 2018 Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due to the complexity of the information being presented. If you need assistance accessing journal content, please contact ehponline@niehs.nih.gov. Our staff will work with you to assess and meet your accessibility needs within 3 working days. With increasing rates of childhood cancers, neurodevelopmental disorders, and other illnesses often related to environmental exposures, some believe that children are modern-day canaries in the coal mine. Numerous major studies around the world have been designed specifically to address children’s environmental health. In the United States, the 1997 signing of Executive Order 13045, which charged federal agencies with identifying and assessing children’s environmental health risks,1 was the catalyst that really launched this area of research. The order spurred the creation of multiple federally funded research programs, including the Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Centers Program,2 the Children’s Health Exposure Analysis Resource,3 and the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program.4 The 1966 establishment of the National Institutes of Health Division of Environmental Health ...
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