Healthy Environment, Healthy Kids

A Guide to Children’s

Environmental Health

Healthy Environment, Healthy Kids is a new book by the National Conference of State Legislatures that  provides state policymakers and those interested in public health and the environment with the latest medical, scientific and policy information on children’s environmental health.   Healthy Environment, Healthy Kids looks at these issues and considers the health effects that environmental factors—such as mercury, pesticides and air pollution—may have on children.  The potential links between the environment and rising rates of asthma, developmental disabilities and other childhood diseases are also discussed. 

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Front Cover

Front Matter

Chapter 1 - Introduction &
Chapter 2 - The Child Environment: Its Role in Determining Health

Chapter 3 - Childhood Disease: The Environmental Connection &
Chapter 4 - Federal Legislation and Programs

Chapter 5 - State Legislative Activities

Complete Book (445kb)

To order copies of Healthy Environment, Healthy Kids, please contact the NCSL Bookstore at (303) 364-7812 or e-mail books@ncsl.org. 

For information on the topic, please call 303-856-1341.

Children's Health and Environment Fact Sheets

NCSL's new fact sheets provide policymakers and others with a quick, concise overview of current children's environmental health topics. Fact sheets include Mercury, Air Quality, Developmental Disabilities and Legislative Summary 2004.

HTML	PDF	Air Quality
HTML	PDF	Developmental Disabilities
HTML	PDF	Legislative Summary 2004
HTML	PDF	Mercury

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