Protecting Children's Environmental Health
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Kids and Climate Health Zone
Read stories about how climate change is affecting children across the Nation.
Get resources on how to protect children in a changing climate.
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Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being Report
EPA's new report showcases some of the ways children are vulnerable to health effects from climate change related to extreme heat, air quality, changing seasons, flooding, and infectious diseases.
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Funding Opportunities to Protect Children's Health
Historic investments are being made to strengthen infrastructure, tackle climate change, protect our children and create a more equitable future.
Learn more about how your children's health organizations can participate!
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America's Children and the Environment (ACE)
EPA's America's Children and the Environment brings together information from a variety of sources to provide data and trends and related information on the environment and children's health.
Children are often more vulnerable to pollutants than adults due to differences in behavior and biology, that can lead to greater exposure and/or unique windows of susceptibility during development. Learn more about children's health, the environment, and what you can do.
Children's Health Resources
- America's Children and the Environment (indicators of children's health report)
- Heavy Metals in Cultural Products Resources
- Consumer Tool for Identifying POU Drinking Water Filters Certified to Reduce Lead
- Environmental Health Perspectives - Children's Environmental Health Resource List (NIH)
- Children's Health Outreach Tools
- Guidance, tools and glossary of key terms