Conference Highlights: Translating Science to Policy: Protecting Children's Environmental Health.
This document from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health summarizes the March 2009 symposium which reviewed 10 years of research findings from the Center and other scientists, discussed interventions stemming from this research, and identified strategies to advance policies that will reduce and prevent environmentally-related diseases such as asthma, developmental disorders and cancer in children living in urban communities. Read more » New Resource: Climate Change and Children's Health, December 2009. With several recent reports and statements regarding the impact of climate change on health, the Initiative on Children's Environmental Health is pleased to provide a new resource page on Climate Change and Children's Health. This page lays out why children are especially vulnerable, what health impacts may be caused or exacerbated by climate change, and actions that we can take as individuals and as groups. A resources section also links to additional information. This new resource will be updated as new information becomes available. ICEH Merges with CHE, May 2009. The Institute for Children's Environmental Health has become a working group of CHE and moved its resource-rich website onto the CHE site. Now the Initiative on Children's Environmental Health, ICEH will continue to provide resources and services, including the email bulletins that it had been publishing for the Partnership for Children's Environmental Health. Read more » Other ICEH news is listed on the ICEH History page. | 
