Healthy Environment, Healthy Children, and Healthy Future: Essential Resources

摘要: A great deal of research is being devoted to environmental factors that impact the health children. This column introduces this topic with two purposes in mind. First, you are invited suggest resources related how affect Submit your suggestions via e-mail author at ted.johnson@ci.chandler.az.us. information will be coupled conducted over next few months construct a bibliographic essay discussing current state an examination children's health. Second, resource list serves narrow focus forthcoming respiratory air pollution, developmental pesticides, and educational role sustainable, organic agriculture urban setting. The presented spring 2001 issue Electronic Green Journal. Air Pollution, Respiratory Health, Asthma problems allergies have increased around world recent years. While various components industrial pollution been implicated as being, least, partially responsible, more needed better understand relationships between pollen, people. Various solutions proposed, such allergy-free gardening, but until definitive forthcoming, premature. interactions airborne pollutants, meteorological systems, community ecology, human sensitivity quite complex. component alone area need much greater research, especially response children hazards. number centers established on difference adults they respond pollutants. Environmental Protection Agency also involved, releasing major report establish strategy for risks has six objectives: Establish direction long-term, stable core program leads sustained risk reduction through accurate, scientifically based assessments Identify answer key questions about increase our understanding when differently from toxic agents why. help reduce risks. Provide agenda identifies priorities ORD (EPA Office Research Development) intramural extramural programs. Inform EPA scientists, assessors, managers other Federal agencies. guiding principles implementation. following seek achieve these Development data uncertainties assessment Mode-of-action Epidemiology clinical studies Exposure field Activity pattern exposure factor methods models Methods assessing dose-response using Experimental development hazard identification studying mode action measuring effects aid extrapolations animals Risk management communication Multimedia control technologies Reduction buildup contaminants indoors Communication Cross-cutting Variation susceptibility Pesticides Artificial chemicals designed kill pests frequently organisms, including humans, which not among target species chemical under consideration. …