1. ATSDR - Office of Children's Health
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with specialized information on the toxicology of children. Provides ongoing examination of relevant child health issues like cancer and hazardous waste sites.
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2. Child & Family Canada
A site designed for parents and caregivers of young children. Learn how to protect kids from environmental contaminants in places where they grow, learn and play.
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5. Introduction to Children's Environmental Health from greenfeet.com
This piece provides a brief overview of why children's environmental health is a growing cause for concern. Although by no means a comprehensive review of this complex subject, this piece includes a discussion of why children are more vulnerable than adults to environmental exposures, what types of exposures affect children, and which children are at particular risk.
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6. Mothers for Clean Air
Non-profit organization concerned with air pollution in the Houston-Galveston Texas area and its effects on children's health. Provides newsletter, events and air quality information.
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7. The Children's Environmental Health Institute
Committed to decreasing the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of environmentally related childhood diseases. CEHI identify, develop, and promote solutions to improve children's environmental health through scientific research, environmental education, and public policy.
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10. United Nations Environment Programme, New York Office
UNEP’s New York Office has been involved in various initiatives on children's environmental health, working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as governmental partners, non-governmental organizations and networks, and academic organizations. In 2002, UNEP, UNICEF and WHO published ‘Children in the New Millennium: Environmental Impact on Health’, which aims to inject new urgency in our efforts to address the interlinkages between environmental factors and the survival, protection and development of children. UNEP is a core member of the WHO-led Healthy Environments for Children Alliance (HECA).
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