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EPA's America's Children & the Environment Website
December, 2003
http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children
If you're interested in children and asthma, you may want to visit this website, based on the America's Children and the Environment report, developed by the Environmental Protection Agency. It provides information about trends for levels of environmental contaminants in air, water, food, and soil; concentrations of contaminants measured in the bodies of women and children; and childhood illnesses that may be influenced by environmental contaminants. A total of 27 measures are included.
The web site features a background summary explaining each issue, graphs showing trends over time, and explanations of the significance of the data. In addition, references, data tables, and data sources are included and available for download, with on-line links where available.
The significant limitations on data available for tracking environmental conditions and disease are discussed and recommendations provided for improvements as "future directions."
The EPA released a hard copy report with most of this information in February 2003. All of the information presented in the report is available on the web site. Additional information is included on the web site, which will be updated over time.
