Environmental Contaminants

Pollutants or contaminants that can affect the health of children can be found in air, water, food, and soil. This section includes measures for contaminants in these media. Most of the measures show the percentages of children who may be at risk from exposure to critical concentrations of pollutants.

• Outdoor Air Pollutants
• Indoor Air Pollutants
• Drinking Water Contaminants
• Pesticide Residues
• Land Contaminants
• Topic Background

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Outdoor Air Pollutants

Measure E1: Percentage of children living in counties in which air quality standards were exceeded

Measure E2: Percentage of children's days with good, moderate, or unhealthy air quality

Measure E3a: Long-term trends in annual average concentrations of criteria pollutants

Measure E3b: Number of children living in counties with high annual averages of particulate matter

Measure E4: Percentage of children living in counties where estimated hazardous air pollutant concentrations were greater than health benchmarks in 1999

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Indoor Air Pollutants

Measure E5: Percentage of children ages 6 and under regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in the home

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Drinking Water Contaminants

Measure E6: Percentage of children served by community water systems that did not meet all applicable health-based drinking water standards

Measure E7: Percentage of children living in areas served by community water systems with violations of drinking water monitoring and reporting requirements

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Pesticide Residues

Measure E8: Percentage of fruits, vegetables and grains, and other food and drink products with detectable residues of organophosphate pesticides

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Land Contaminants

Measure E9: Percentage of children residing within one mile of a Superfund site

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