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CHEC dedicated to prevention of non-genetic childhood cancer and other environmentally caused childhood illnesses.
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Children's Health Environmental Coalition  CHEC News Flash...
http://www.checnet.org/

The CEHN is a national multidisciplinary project whose purpose is to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
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CEHN Home Page  Network is a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the fetus and the child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment. This Web Site provides information on the Network, the issue...
http://www.cehn.org/

National partnership committed to working collaboratively for a more sustainable and effective children's environmental health movement.
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Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment  Partnership coalesced following the Children's Environmental Health Summit held in September 1999. The Summit, co-convened by the Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH) and the Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC was an invitational gathering for...
http://www.partnersforchildren.org

The primary mission of ICEH is to mitigate environmental exposures that can undermine the health and well-being of children and to detoxify environments wherever children spend time.
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ICEH: Institute for Children's Environental Health  Supporting policies and actions that are based on preventative and precautionary practices to ensure children’s unique susceptibilities to environmental exposures are being addressed. ICEH currently has two major national programs: The Learning and Developmental Disability...
http://www.iceh.org/

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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The Children's Environmental Health Institute  Liaison on the board as part of his official duties for the National Institutes of Health. Environmental Health Perspectives includes and article in the December issue on the 2004 Biennial Symposium on Children's Health as...
http://www.cehi.org/

CCHE is the nation's first academic research and policy center to examine the links between exposure to toxic pollutants and childhood illness. Provides fact sheets, reports, conference and contact information.
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The Center For Children's Health and the Environment  Medicine is to protect children against environmental threats to health. Our Center is leading the effort nationally to protect children against environmental toxins Our research is examining the health hazards of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants,...
http://www.childenvironment.org/

Environmental Protection Agency site on children's environment and health. Publications, references and resources.
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Redirection to EPA Office of Children's Health Protection  This is the redirection page for the EPA Office of Children's Health Protection web site. If you are not automatically redirected to the Office of Children's Health Protection web site, please click here http yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage....
http://www.epa.gov/children/

Work to protect the public, especially children, from the health impacts of pollution in California. Information on campaigns, events and news.
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Our Children's Earth: Think Clearly About the Future  E by visiting our cafepress and eBay stores! OCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the public from the harmful effects of air and water pollution. Through a combined strategy of enforcement, education and...
http://www.ocefoundation.org/

Work to help Ontario school boards identify, prevent, and remediate indoor environment problems that could otherwise affect children's health and learning adversely. Provides news, searches, indexes and links.
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Healthy Schools Arrival Page  Foundation and their funding partners assume no liability or responsibility whatsoever arising from the use of any information found in or accessible from the HealthySchools.com site. All use of this site is subject to our...
http://www.healthyschools.com/

U.S. based advocate for the protection of children's environmental health in schools. News, guides, reports and resources.
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HealthySchoolsNetwork  CALL TO ACTION NewOpen Letter to Bush, Congress- Kid-Safe Katrina Clean-ups Urged Position Statement 2005: Coalition for Healthier Schools Add my group/name to list of supporters see new supporters Subscribe to online News Disaster-Terrorism: Tips...
http://www.healthyschools.org/

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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ATSDR-Office of Children's Health  Children live within one mile of at least one hazardous waste site. However, children are not simply small adults! Children who live near waste sites often have greater exposure and greater potential for health problems....
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/

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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Mothers for Clean Air Houston, TX  Galveston area and its effects on children's health. Mothers for Clean Air serves as a collective voice to keep state and local government, industry and consumers focused on obtaining and maintaining cleaner air for our...
http://www.mothersforcleanair.org

PEHSU is one of several regional federally funded clinical and educational centers. Provides information on programs and services for expert clinical and public health evaluations of children and communities with suspected environmental health problems.
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PEHSU Home  U exists to improve the recognition and management of environmental health problems among children. Download Brochure You will need Acrobat Reader. If you dont have it click link below: Welcome to the UCSF Pediatric Environmental...
http://www.ucsf.edu/ucpehsu/

Pan American Health Organization Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS) resources and information.
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BVSA -Children's Health and Environment [CEPIS]  español português visitors since Jan/02/2004 webmaster Homepage CEPIS about PAHO's Initiative Workshop Environmental Threats to the Health of Children in the Americas Video...
http://www.cepis.ops-oms.org/bvsana/i/home.htm

Minnesota Department of Health information to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
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Children's Environmental Health: Minnesota Department of Health  We are increasing focus and attention on children and working in partnership with other agencies and organizations to protect children from exposures to harmful chemicals and other environmental health hazards. Children may be more exposed...
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/children/index.html

Physicians for Social Responsibility brochures and resources focusing on toxic threats to child development.
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EnviroHealthAction Children's Environmental Health Children's Environmental Health Overview  These substances can affect the development and function of multiple systems including the reproductive, endocrine, and respiratory systems, cognitive development, and immunity to disease. Unfortunately, the threats are only made worse by poverty, war, malnutrition...
http://www.envirohealthaction.org/children/

Project of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Provides a summary of the medical and scientific information about environmental effects on health.
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Children's Environmental Health  The project originated with the idea that physicians need access to information about the effects of the environment on children's health. CAPE initially planned a poster and brochure, but finally decided to put the project...
http://www.cape.ca/children.html

National Network of Libraries of Medicine project to provide public health professionals with access to information resources.
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Children's Environmental Health Information Resources for Public Health Professionals  A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries Home News About Partners Sitemap Suggest Link Health Promotion and Health Education Literature and Guidelines Health Data Tools and Statistics Grants and...
http://phpartners.org/cehir/