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Study Provides Evidence that Prenatal Exposure to Environmental PAHs May Be Linked to Lower Children’s IQ Scores
The Columbia University Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH), co-funded by grants through EPA's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and the National Center for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), has published a study in the August 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics finding evidence of a link between levels of a common urban air pollutant and children’s IQ test scores.
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The Columbia University Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH), co-funded by grants through EPA's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and the National Center for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), has published a study in the August 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics finding evidence of a link between levels of a common urban air pollutant and children’s IQ test scores.
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Translating Science to Policy: Protecting Children’s Environmental Health
Over 400 scientists, public officials, community leaders, and advocates for environmental health attended the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) and WE ACT for Environmental Justice (WE ACT) March 30 conference on “Translating Science to Policy: Protecting Children’s Environmental Health.”
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Over 400 scientists, public officials, community leaders, and advocates for environmental health attended the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) and WE ACT for Environmental Justice (WE ACT) March 30 conference on “Translating Science to Policy: Protecting Children’s Environmental Health.”
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Indoor Air Particles Increase Asthma Symptoms in Children
Researchers at Johns Hopkins found a direct correlation between increasing concentrations of particulate matter (PM) in indoor air and increased asthma symptoms in preschool children. Funded in part by a grant from EPA’s Science to Achieve Results program and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the study, published in the February issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, evaluated 150 inner city children with asthma in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins found a direct correlation between increasing concentrations of particulate matter (PM) in indoor air and increased asthma symptoms in preschool children. Funded in part by a grant from EPA’s Science to Achieve Results program and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the study, published in the February issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, evaluated 150 inner city children with asthma in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
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Ten Years of Addressing Children's Health through Regulatory Policy
Devon Payne-Sturges of USEPA's National Center for Environmental Research analyzes the impact of EO13045 and its related children's health policies on EPA's regulatory process in the December issue of Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Devon Payne-Sturges of USEPA's National Center for Environmental Research analyzes the impact of EO13045 and its related children's health policies on EPA's regulatory process in the December issue of Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Two Funding Opportunities Now Open under EPA and NIEHS Joint Children's Environmental Health Centers Program
NIEHS and EPA have jointly issued two funding opportunities to support the next phase of the Children’s Environmental Health Research Centers (CEHCs) program.
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NIEHS and EPA have jointly issued two funding opportunities to support the next phase of the Children’s Environmental Health Research Centers (CEHCs) program.
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