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Children's Environmental Health Research

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EPA conducts children’s environmental health research to inform public health decisions, to advance scientific understanding of potential early life susceptibility to environmental stressors, and to inform community efforts that create sustainable and healthy environments protective of children’s health.


Hot Topics

  • The Chalkboard: Our Regular Spotlight on the Latest Children's Environmental Health Research Highlights  
  • Renovated Housing Linked to Decrease in Childhood Asthma Rate in Cincinnati Neighborhood
  • Highlights from the Children's Environmental Health Workshop hosted by National Academies 
  • Lead (Pb) Research
  • Federal Research on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Action Plan
  • Developing a Systems-Level Approach to Protect Children's Health (Science Matters)

Children's Health Topics

  • Pre-Term Birth, Low Birth Weight, Birth Defects and Infant Mortality
  • Asthma
  • Impacts on Behavior, Learning, IQ
  • Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
  • Prenatal and Early Life Exposure and Long-Term Health Consequences

Tools, Databases & Partnerships

  • America's Children and the Environment 
  • Tools and Databases to Support Children's Health Protective Decisions
  • Partnerships

External EPA-Funded Children’s Health Research

  • Children's Environmental Health: Proceedings of a Workshop (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2023) 
  • NIEHS/EPA Children's Centers
  • Healthy Schools
  • Clean Air Centers
  • Organotypic Cell Culture Models
  • Exposure Science in the 21st Century
  • Sustainable and Healthy Tribes

Find a full listing of all EPA-funded external children's environmental health research.


Additional Resources

  • Children's Environmental Health-Related Science Publications

Children's Health

  • What You Can Do
    • Children's Unique Vulnerabilities to Environmental Hazards
    • Health Facts and Statistics
  • Children's Health Protection Where You Live
  • Children and Natural Disasters and Emergencies
    • Extreme Heat
    • Floods
    • Wildfires
  • Healthcare Provider Resources
  • Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee
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Contact Us about Children's Health
Contact Us about Children's Health to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on August 17, 2026
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