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Promoting Good Prenatal Health: Air Pollution and Pregnancy (January 2010)

simple steps for pregnant women and new mothers/parents to avoid common environmental exposures which can cause health problems and adverse birth outcomes; including tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, particle pollution, ozone,

Complete Lesson 1: Environmental Health 101

Introduces broad concept and why children may be particularly at risk from environmental health hazards by focusing on the differences between adults and children, highlighted by examining the four things all need to survive (air, water, food, shelter).

Complete Lessons 1-9: Children's Health Curriculum

These lessons introduce the broad concept of environmental health and why children may be particularly at risk from environmental health hazards.

Student Curriculum Downloads

Downloads for the student curriculum.

Children’s Environmental Health Disparities: Hispanic and Latino American Children and Secondhand Smoke

Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, many cancer-causing. Especially bad for children because their bodies are developing, and because they breathe at higher rates than adults do, and it is a major trigger for asthma.

Office of Children's Health Protection: Publications Catalog (August 2010)

2010 list of all materials from the EPA Office of Children's Health Protection. Categories: general environmental health, climate change, air quality, pesticides, water, fish consumption, schools, lead.

Children’s Environmental Health Disparities: Black and African American Children and Asthma

The burdens of asthma fall more heavily on Black children: in 2001-2005, Black children, regardless of family income, reported higher rates of asthma. It is twice as likely to hospitalize and four times as likely to kill them, compared to White children.

Children’s Environmental Health Disparities: Hispanic and Latino American Children and Asthma

Racial and ethnic minorities and poor children may be exposed to more pollution and thereby more health risks. Puerto Rican children have the highest rates of asthma at 20%, out of an overall 8% of Hispanic children. You can take protective actions.

Children’s Environmental Health 2005 - A Summary of EPA Activities

Children may not be sufficiently protected by regulatory standards set based on risks to adults. EPA has forged partnerships and taken steps to protect children's health from contaminants and pollutants in air, drinking water, and food.

Healthy Home Action Brochure (English)

Tips to save energy, save money, protect inhabitants, and make your home more environmentally-friendly. Information on mold, radon, carbon monoxide, asthma/allergies, secondhand smoke, contaminants, lead, mercury, and pesticides.

Climate Change and Children's Health

In 2007, sixteen percent of children lived in counties exceeding the annual fine particulate matter standard. Exposure to higher levels of ambient particulate matter and ozone may increase school absences and hospital admissions due to respiratory illness.

Protecting Children's Health October 2019 Booklet

Protecting Children's Health October 2019 booklet

Research and Reports on Source Water Protection

Resources for Source Water Protection Planning

Source Water Protection Funding

This page identifies useful resources for finding financial assistance tools to help communities build a patchwork of funding strategies to meet their environmental and public health protection goals.

WIIN Act Section 2104: Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Tribal Grant Program Implementation Document

This document describes eligibility and requirements under the Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Tribal Grant Program.

Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment Fifth Report to Congress

This document goes over the fifth national assessment of public water system infrastructure needs and the results obtained.

Final Fiscal Year 2008 Guidance and Tentative Grant Allotments to Support Public Water System Supervision Programs on Tribal Lands

Final guidance and tentative allotments for the FY2008 Grant Allotments to Support Public Water System Supervision (PWSS).

Assessing Water System Managerial Capacity

This document was developed to provide ideas on assessing managerial capacity for those involved in the Capacity Development Program.

Tribal Water Workforce Workgroup Findings

EPA works with Tribal Governments and Tribal Utilities to help their systems comply with the SDWA to improve access to safe drinking water.