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UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter

Financial turmoil could usher in new ‘green' era, says top UN climate official
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The current global market crisis could provide an opportunity for the world financial system to reconstruct itself to promote "green" growth, the top United Nations climate change official said today in New York.
Do more, invest more in mitigating impact of natural disasters, Ban tells world
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Much more needs to be done and much greater funding made available to mitigate the devastating toll of natural disasters in an age when climate change threatens to increase both their frequency and severity, according to a United Nations report released today.
Experts devise action plan to examine impact of climate change on health - UN
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Experts at a meeting convened by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today agreed on a plan of action to create guidelines on the impact of climate change on human health.

NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News

NIH Announces Funding for New Epigenomics Initiative
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces funding for the new NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program. Epigenetic processes control normal growth and development, and epigenomics is a study of epigenetic processes at a genome-wide scale. The NIH will invest more than $190 million over the next five years to accelerate this emerging field of biomedical research. The first grants will total approximately $18 million in 2008.
NIEHS Invests $21.25 Million to Find Environmental Causes of Parkinson’s Disease
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it will award three new grants totaling $21.25 million over a five-year period to study how environmental factors contribute to the cause, prevention and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other related disorders.
NTP Finalizes Report on Bisphenol A
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:30:00 -0400
Current human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in many polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins, is of “some concern” for effects on development of the prostate gland and brain and for behavioral effects in fetuses, infants and children, according to a final report released today by the National Toxicology Program (NTP).

 

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ATSDR - Office of Children's Health - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with specialized information on the toxicology of children. Provides ongoing examination of relevant child health issues like cancer and hazardous waste sites.

Center for Children's Health and the Environment - CCHE is the nation's first academic research and policy center to examine the links between exposure to toxic pollutants and childhood illness. Provides fact sheets, reports, conference and contact information.

Children's Environmental Health - Minnesota Department of Health information to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
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Children's Environmental Health - Project of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Provides a summary of the medical and scientific information about environmental effects on health.
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Children's Environmental Health Information Resources for Public Health Professionals - National Network of Libraries of Medicine project to provide public health professionals with access to information resources.

Children's Environmental Health Network - The CEHN is a national multidisciplinary project whose purpose is to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
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Children's Health and the Environment - Pan American Health Organization Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS) resources and information.

Children's Health Environmental Coalition - CHEC dedicated to prevention of non-genetic childhood cancer and other environmentally caused childhood illnesses.

Enviro Health Action - Physicians for Social Responsibility brochures and resources focusing on toxic threats to child development.

Healthy Schools - Work to help Ontario school boards identify, prevent, and remediate indoor environment problems that could otherwise affect children's health and learning adversely. Provides news, searches, indexes and links.

Healthy Schools Network - U.S. based advocate for the protection of children's environmental health in schools. News, guides, reports and resources.
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Institute for Children's Environmental Health - The primary mission of ICEH is to mitigate environmental exposures that can undermine the health and well-being of children and to detoxify environments wherever children spend time.
Meta Description: [ The Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH) is a nonprofit educational organization working to ensure a healthy, just and sustainable future for ALL children. ICEH's primary mission is to foster collaborative initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that... ]

Mothers for Clean Air - Non-profit organization concerned with air pollution in the Houston-Galveston Texas area and its effects on children's health. Provides newsletter, events and air quality information.

Our Children's Earth Foundation - Work to protect the public, especially children, from the health impacts of pollution in California. Information on campaigns, events and news.
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Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment - National partnership committed to working collaboratively for a more sustainable and effective children's environmental health movement.

Preventing Harm - A resource action center on children and environmental health. Focus on the many chemicals widely used by industry and commonly found at home are toxic to the developing brain and can cause developmental disabilities including behavioral and learning disabilities, hyper-activity, attention deficit, lower IQ and motor skill impairment.
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The Children's Environmental Health Institute - Committed to decreasing the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of environmentally related childhood diseases. CEHI identify, develop, and promote solutions to improve children's environmental health through scientific research, environmental education, and public policy.

U.S. EPA - Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) - Environmental Protection Agency site on children's environment and health. Publications, references and resources.

University of California Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit - PEHSU is one of several regional federally funded clinical and educational centers. Provides information on programs and services for expert clinical and public health evaluations of children and communities with suspected environmental health problems.