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Ten Years of Protecting Children's Health
In 1997, EPA established the Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) to make the health protection of children a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States and around the world. Ten years later, we are reflecting on the progress to date and formulating a vision for the future of children’s environmental health. 2007 also marks the 10th Anniversary of Executive Order 13045 - "Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks." Executive Order 13045 requires each Federal agency to identify and evaluate environmental health and safety risks that may hinder children’s health.
Past Webcasts
October 1, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention for Hispanic Community Leaders. This Webcast was directed to Hispanic community leaders and was offered solely in Spanish.In celebration of Children's Health Month, this Webcast urged Hispanic Leaders to spread the word to their communities about the importance of decreasing children's contact with lead. Issues addressed included: the importance of lead poisoning prevention; the health effects and exposure routes of lead; lead poisoning prevention resources; and case studies concerning lead exposure.
This Webcast featured presentations by:
- Liany Elba Arroyo, MPH, Director, Institute for Hispanic Health for the National Council of La Raza
- Maria Isabel Herran MD FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Case Western Reserve University, Co-Director, Rainbow Center for Global Child Health, representing the National Hispanic Medical Association
- Edward Master, RN, USEPA, Region 5
- Ben Gitterman, MD, Co-Director, Region 3 PEHSU, the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University
- Monica Pourrat, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine
- Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, PhD, DVM, MPVM, Chief Scientist, Office of Binational Border Health, California Department of Public Health
Speakers included:
- Deborah Millette, Associate Director for Program Development, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Emily Williams, Director, Healthy Homes Division, Office of Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Rebecca Morley, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing
- Paul Haan, Executive Director, Healthy Homes Coalition, West Michigan
- Karen L. Meyerson, RN, BSN, AE-C Manager, Asthma Network of West Michigan
April 26, The Next Decade of Children’s Environmental Health Protection
Leaders in children’s environmental health shared their ideas about how to protect children over the next 10 years*. This 90-minute presentation and Webcast was sponsored by EPA, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Speakers included:
- Howard Frumkin, MD, Dr.P.H., FACP, FACOEM, Director, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC;
- William H. Sanders III, Dr.P.H., Acting Director, U.S. EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection and Environmental Education;
- Carol M. Browner, Principal, The Albright Group LLC, former EPA Administrator and founder of children’s environmental health at EPA;
- Edward B. Clark, M.D., Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Principal Investigator for the Salt Lake County Vanguard Center for the National Children's Study;
- Susan West Marmagas, Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee; and
- Peggy M. Shepard, Executive Director and Co-Founder, WE ACT for Environmental Justice.
May 24, Climate Change and Children's Health
Speakers included:- Katherine M. Shea, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Adjunct Faculty, Duke University Medical Center;
- Pamela Emerson, U.S. EPA Region 10, on detail to Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment;
- Roger Rosenblatt, MD, MPH, MFR, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Public Health & Forestry, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Speakers included:
- Gilbert C. Gee, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health
- David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University
- Janean E. Dilworth-Bart, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies (and Colleen F. Moore, Professor, Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Phil Landrigan, Professor and Chair, Community and Preventative Medicine, Professor, Pediatrics, Mt Sinai School of Medicine