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  • child holding a glass under the faucet

    Lead in Private Well Water and its Impacts on Children's Health

    There is no safe level of lead. Lead can be present in drinking water without any noticeable changes in color or odor. It is the responsibility of private well owners to test their water for lead and to take appropriate measures to mitigate exposure.

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    • By: Sara Eaves
  • EPA staff at a nature center, around a table

    Activating the Building Blocks of Sustainability

    One thing I’ve learned through my work with local communities is that they love celebrating what makes them unique. I love learning what they are most proud of and helping them turn their greatest assets into actions that matter for their community.

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    • By: Chip Gurkin
  • A man carrying a golf bag, walking along a golf course

    Urban Golf and the Partnerships for Progress

    In many ways golf is more than just a game. There’s a special place, right down the street from our Region 3 office in Center City Philadelphia, that is reimaging how kids can experience greenspaces.

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    • By: Hunter Pates
  • Cherry tomatoes in a child's hand

    For Local Communities, the Sky is the Limit

    Local Foods, Local Places' community-driven approach unleashes local creative minds to envision innovative paths to overcome the complex legacies of social and environmental problems and inequities.

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    • By: John Foster
  • Pediatrician giving a child a high five

    A Silver Anniversary for the Gold Standard in Children's Environmental Health Protection

    An overview of the work of PEHSUs, a network of pediatricians, nurses, health educators and other health professionals with special expertise in the prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of health issues that arise from environmental exposures.

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    • By: Janet McCabe
  • downtown Granville on a cloudy day

    How Community-Led Change is Helping Rural Places and People Thrive

    Steph Bertaina provides a personal introduction to the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.

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    • By: Steph Bertaina
  • Kids playing outdoors

    Protecting Children from Extreme Heat

    With the arrival of long summer days spent outdoors in the heat, it is more important than ever to pay attention to extreme heat and children’s health.

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    • By: Grace Robiou
  • Kids in day care

    How's Your School's Air Quality?

    As teachers, staff, and students all get ready to head back to the classroom, it’s also important to ensure that our schools welcome these important people back into a healthy learning environment.

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    • By: Jeanne Briskin
  • Landscape with environmental data icons overlaid

    Follow the Data to Answer Questions about the Environment

    My love for using data to answer important questions is shared by researchers across the country and all around the world – answering any question you can think of about the environment.

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    • By: William Wheeler

  • Celebrating 25 Years of Protecting Children’s Health

    Protecting children now ensures that we protect future generations. After all, kids comprise nearly a quarter of the U.S. population, but they are 100% of the nation’s future – and many environmental exposures in childhood can have lifelong health impacts.

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    • By: Jeanne Briskin
  • EPA celebrates HBCUs

    EPA is Committed to Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

    Learn about EPA's internal council that was created to identify ways we can enhance opportunities for recruitment of students from HBCUs.

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    • By: Rosemary Enobakhare, Frederick Thompson