Children's Environmental Health Program 2023 Report to the Legislature
Children's Environmental Health Center Reports to the Legislature and Governor
The Children’s Environmental Health Center (CEHC) reports on CalEPA activities that protect or inform children’s environmental health in California every two years, as required by the Children’s Environmental Health Protection Act (Escutia, Chapter 731, Statutes of 1999). The most recent Report to the Legislature and Governor describes the work done between early 2019 and fall 2021 by CalEPA’s boards, departments, and offices to help ensure that children and pregnant people are adequately protected from environmental contaminants. This report documents the ways in which CalEPA has protected children from a myriad of exposures that children encounter while they are at home, at school, and in their communities.
Children can be more sensitive to environmental contaminants than adults because they are still growing and developing. In some cases, the adverse health effects of these contaminants are irreversible and may be experienced throughout one’s life, even into old age. CEHC was established by the Act to ensure that all CalEPA programs specifically protect children’s health in California.
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Children's Environmental Health Program 2023 Report to the Legislature
Children's Environmental Health Program 2019 Report to the Legislature
Children's Environmental Health Program 2017 Report to the Legislature
Children's Environmental Health Program 2014 Report to the Legislature