Protecting Children's Environmental Health
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October is Children’s Health Month
Learn how to protect children's environmental health at all ages and in all communities!
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Celebrating 25 Years of Children's Health at EPA
EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection was established by executive order in 1997, and to this day continues to build on the excellent progress made to confront issues and provide solutions to children's environmental health.
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Read EPA’s Revised Policy on Children’s Health
Originally issued in 1995, the 2021 policy expands the definition of children’s environmental health and reinforces commitment to equity and threats to children’s health caused by climate change.
Read the 2021 Policy on Children’s Health -
America’s Children and the Environment (ACE)
EPA recently updated the ACE report which brings together information from a variety of sources to provide national trends on Children’s Environmental 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)
- ExpoKids: An R-based Tool for Characterizing aggregate Chemical Exposure During Childhood
- 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 Month Resources
- Publications
- Guidance, tools and glossary of key terms
Teacher, Parent and Caregiver Resources
Key Topics
EPA Children's Health News
- EPA Celebrates Children’s Health Month, Highlighting Unprecedented Investment in Protecting Children’s Health
- EPA Celebrates 25 Years of Children’s Environmental Health
- EPA Issues Stronger Lead Regulations to Protect Children’s Health
- Update to Lead and Copper Rule to Better Protect Children
- New Curriculum to Protect Children in Indian Country and Communities from Lead Exposure
- EPA proposal to strengthen regulations and protect children from exposure to lead-contaminated dust