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Information and Resources for 
Parents and Children

Why a special page for parents and children?  We thought you might be interested in what special risks children may face from environmental contaminants, and why their risks are different.  We also have listed a few web sites that we believe provide useful information for families concerned about environmental health issues.

 

Just for parents
A quiz for parents Do you know why kids can be at higher risk from some environmental contaminants than adults?  Here's your chance to find out.
 

A few websites on children's environmental health issues

 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Child’s Health Initiative

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/ochchildhlth.html

Information on the Agency’s directions and initiatives into child health studies and investigations relating to hazardous sites and releases

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Children's Health Protection Home Page

http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage

Environmental risks to children.

Children’s Environmental Health Network

http://www.cehn.org

A national, multi-disciplinary project on pediatric environmental health issues

 

Disease prevention and treatment

 

Mount Sinai Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit

(866) 265-6201

www.mssm.edu/cpm/peds_environ.shtml

(For Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units outside of the New York/New Jersey area, please visit the ATSDR Office of Children's Health website.)

Pediatric referral center for environmental health issues
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services: Maternal, Child and Community Health Services

Family Health Line for locations of services:  1-800-328-3838

http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/chshome.htm

childhood lead screening, asthma,  and many non-environmental health issues for children and adults
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services: Special Child and Adult Services

(609) 984-0755

http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/schome.htm

largely non-environmental,  maintains the Birth Defects Registry and Special Needs Registry, newborn screening, and the contact for autism
The Center for Childhood Neurotoxicology and Exposure Assessment, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

732-445-0200

http://www.eohsi.rutgers.edu/childhood/index.shtml

one of four new centers for children's environmental health and disease prevention.  The goal of the Center is to determine the influences of environmental exposure to neurotoxicants on child neurological health and development with special emphasis on autism and related disabilities.
   
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