EPA Crafting Children's Health Plan To Address Climate, Chemical Risks

摘要

EPA is crafting a work plan to better address risks to children's health from a variety of stressors, including climate change and exposure to toxic chemicals, following a discussion in early October between EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Susan Mathews Burwell. Ruth Etzel, director of EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection, told the annual meeting of the National Institute of Environmental Health and EPA Children's Centers Oct. 29 that the action plan will address four major children's health challenges — climate change, toxic chemicals, healthy housing and asthma disparities. Relevant documents are available on InsideEPA.com. See page 2 for details. (Doc. ID: 186162) The action plan stems from the recent meeting between McCarthy and Burwell, co-chairs of the President's Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children, established through a 1997 executive order signed by President Bill Clinton. The meeting also included representatives from 14 other agencies.