Advocacy Groups

Children's Environmental Health Network

This is a "national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the fetus and child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment." Select About to learn why children are at greater risk to environmental exposures and why children's environmental health is of growing concern. The Resource Guide on Children's Environmental Health section has links to many organizations working in this field.

http://cehn.org/

Children’s Environmental Health Program
(Center for Health, Environment and Justice)

Children’s Environmental Health Program is an effort to channel the rising concern of parents and communities across the country into effective and coordinated grassroots action aimed at eliminating environmental health hazards from schools. The site offers well-documented reports discussing the environmental problems found in the nation's schools and the threats they present to children's health. School Siting Guidelines suggest a model for legislation.

http://chej.org/about-us/story/campaigns/cehp/

envirohealthaction
(Physicians for Social Responsibility)

"EnviroHealthAction is an education and action center that provides an online community for health professionals and others interested in environmental health." This Web site offers brief overviews of environmental health issues and links to more information. Topics include toxics, children's health, air pollution, climate change and energy, safe drinking water, land use, and vulnerable populations and environmental justice.

http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/

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