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Text: Discover trends in children’s environmental health data. Helping children live, learn, and play in a healthy world. America’s children and the Environment (ACE). Epa.gov/ace Description: Child smiling.
Text: Blood lead levels 2017-2020. Black Children: .8µg/dL. All other races: .6 µg/dL. Black children ages 1-5 have the highest median concentrations of blood lead levels among all races and ethnicities. America’s Children and the Environment online tool spotlights trends in childhood health disparities. America’s children and the Environment (ACE). Epa.gov/ace Description: horizontal bar graph representing blood lead level statistics
Text: Clearing the air. EPA compiles data that monitor air quality trends. “Healthy” air days increased from 38% in 1999 to 53% in 2021. But, progress has slowed in the last decade. The ACE tool helps show where our country is succeeding and where more work is needed. America’s children and the Environment (ACE). Epa.gov/ace Description: Child on a swing and an icon of a line graph with a slight incline up.
Text: Water is life. Children served by community drinking water systems not meeting health standards decreased from 20% in 1993 to around 7% in 2021. America’s children and the Environment (ACE). Epa.gov/ace Description: Child drinking a glass of water and a bar graph representing community water system data.
Text: Not all kids live and play equally. In 2021 around 46% of children living below the poverty level and residing withing one mile of contaminated areas* were hispanic. Yet, hispanic children make up 37& of children living below the poverty level in the US. *Superfund and RCRA corrective action sites that may not have all human health protective measures in place. America’s children and the Environment (ACE). Epa.gov/ace Description: Icon of a home in range of a contaminated site and an icon of a family
epa.gov/ace Preventing early childhood exposure to lead is key. The concentration of lead in the blood of children between the ages of 1 and 5 years dropped 96% between 1976 and 2020. America's Children and the Environment.
Keeping the future cool for our kids. The frequency of heatwaves has increased from an average of two per year in the 1960s to six per year, today. epa.gov/ace America's Children and the Environment
All kids deserve to breathe easy. Children living in poverty had 1.5 times higher rates of asthma. epa.gov/ace America's Children and the Environment
Healthier together. 82% of Superfund sites have environmental controls in place to protect children. EPA works to safeguard children from contaminated sites and to restore lands. epa.gov/ace America's Children and the Environment

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Last updated on March 26, 2025