[Federal Register: October 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 207)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Launch of Children's Environmental Health Awards
Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Children's Health Protection at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to be accepting applications
for the 2006 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Awards. The
awards are designed to increase awareness, stimulate activity, and
recognize efforts that protect children from environmental health risks
at the local, regional, national, and international level.
    The Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award is divided
into five categories. You may apply under only one category. These
include Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Corporate,
Individual, and K-12 and Higher Education. EPA will be looking for
projects that significantly impact children's environmental health
issues through research; indicators; capacity building; regulatory and
policy innovations; education and outreach; and interventions.
Applications are due December 15, 2005, and an awards ceremony will be
held for the winners in Washington, DC, in spring 2006. To download an
application go to http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/news2.htm#cehawards
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Hubbard, Office of Children's
Health Protection for additional information or hard copies of the
application, USEPA, MC 1107A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

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Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2188, hubbard.carolyn@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Children may be more susceptible to
environmental hazards than adults. Their nervous, immune, digestive,
and other systems are still developing and their ability to metabolize
or inactivate toxicants may be different than adults. They eat more
food, drink more fluids, and breathe more air in proportion to their
weight than adults, and their behavior--such as crawling and placing
objects in their mouths--may result in greater exposure to
environmental contaminants.
    Examples of environmental health hazards that may affect children
include: (1) Air pollutants, both indoor and ambient; (2) toxic
chemicals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, organochlorines such as
polychlorinated biphenyls, and dioxins; (3) endocrine disruptors; (4)
environmental tobacco smoke; (5) ultraviolet radiation; (6) water
pollution; (7) pesticides; (8) brominated flame retardants; (9) radon;
and (10) carbon monoxide. Many environmental health problems can be
prevented, managed, and treated. EPA encourages communities, citizens,
and organizations to become leaders in protecting our children from
environmental health hazards.

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
William H. Sanders, III,
Acting Director, Office of Children's Health Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-21461 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]

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