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Partnership OverviewThe Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment is a growing North American coalition with 175 individual and organizational members representing government, academic, medical and community-based organizations committed to building a strong, sustainable and collaborative movement to protect current and future generations from harmful environmental exposures. Partnership BackgroundThe 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 key leaders in government, academic and community-based organizations committed to working on children's environmental health concerns. The intention of this meeting was to map the growing field of children's environmental health and to determine how we might more effectively communicate, strategize and collaborate across sectors in order to catalyze a strong and sustaining children's environmental health movement. The first joint action of the Partnership was to draft and adopt the Guiding Principles for Children's Environmental Health. ICEH facilitated the drafting process and continues to serve as the coordinator for the Partnership. Now almost sixty organizations in the United States and Canada have signed on to the Guiding Principles and joined the Partnership. In doing so, members demonstrate their commitment to this shared set of values and principles regarding children's environmental health and to building a strong, sustainable and collaborative movement to protect current and future generations from harmful environmental exposures. |
HighlightsSearchable Bulletins. Our weekly email bulletins are now archived and searchable on our Bulletins page. Each week, we compile news stories, announcements, and upcoming events related to environmental health. Searchable Database. We are pleased to offer the ability to search our list of partners according to location, focus, and interests. Please see our Members' Information page. Conference Calendar. Visit our list of meetings and conferences relating to children's environmental health. International, national, and regional conferences are posted. To submit a conference, please send a message to our office manager. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Publication. The AAP has released Pediatric Environmental Health, Second Edition by American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health, Edited by Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD and Sophie J. Balk, MD. This guide to the identification, prevention, and treatment of pediatric environmental health problems addresses parents' questions. Chapters address air pollution, mercury, waste sites, environmental tobacco smoke, DEET use and other pesticides, and dozens of additional topics. For more information, please see the website of AAP's Committee on Environmental Health. Raffi. Read popular children's performer Raffi's statement about the Partnership and children's environmental health. His CD, Country Goes Raffi, benefits the Partnership. His most recent CD, Where We All Belong, includes three brand new songs to help promote the Earth Charter, an international declaration of interdependence. |
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Partnership ActivitiesICEH, as coordinator, is facilitating the following activities for the Partnership:
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CoordinatorThe Partnership is now a project of the Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH). If you are interested in signing on to the Guiding Principles and joining the Partnership, please see our invitation letter or contact The Institute for Children's Environmental Health |
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