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WHO WE ARE
CEHN's Office
110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 505
Washington, DC 20002
Telephone: (202) 543-4033
Fax: (202) 543-8797
cehn@cehn.org
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| Board of Directors |
E.
Ramona Trovato - Chair
Dick
J. Batchelor - Vice-Chair/Treasurer
President, Dick Batchelor Management Group
Elise G. Miller, M.Ed.
- Secretary
Executive Director, Institute for Children's
Environmental Health
Lynn
Goldman, M.D., M.P.H.
- Past Chair
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
J. Routt Reigart, M.D.
- Founding Chair
Professor, Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
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Obot Witherspoon, M.P.H.
Member Ex Officio
Executive Director, Children's Environmental Health
Network
Brenda Afzal RN, MS
Director, Health Programs, Environmental Health Education Center,
University of Maryland School of Nursing |
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Cynthia
Bearer, M.D., Ph.D.
Cobey Professor of Neonatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Joy Carlson, M.P.H.
- Founding Director
Principal, J. Carlson Consulting
Joel Hunter, M.Div., D.Min.
Senior Pastor, Northland Church
Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair, Environmenal Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
Philip
J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc.
Chair, Dept. of Community Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Peggy
Shepard
Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
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National Advisory Council |
Joan Spyker Cranmer, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Toxicology
University of Arkansas Medical School
Arkansas Children's Hospital
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John
A. McLachlan, PhD - Advisory
Director, Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental
Research,
Tulane University
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Policy
Advisory Committee
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J Routt Reigart -- CHAIR
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
John Balbus, MD, MPH
Director, Environmental Health Programs
Environmental Defense
Claire L. Barnett, MBA
Executive Director
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Dick Batchelor
President
Dick Batchelor Management Group
Joy E. Carlson, RN, MPH
Principal
J. Carlson Consulting
Blake Early
American Lung Association
Kizzy M. Charles-Guzman
Environmental Policy Coordinator
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
Anhthu Hoang
General Counsel
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
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Don Hoppert
Director of Government Relations
American Public Health Association
Elise G. Miller, M.Ed
President
Institute for Children's Environmental Health
Albert W. Morris, Jr., MD
Chair
National Medical Association
Cynthia Pellegrini
Assistant Director for Federal Affairs
American Academy of Pediatrics
Peggy Shepard
Executive Director
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
Carol Stroebel - Consultant
Health Policy Specialist
Children's Environmental Health Network
Kerri Wade
Associate Director
Government Affairs and Media
Assn. of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
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Science
Advisory Committee |
Cynthia Bearer, MD, PhD --
CHAIR
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Case Western Reserve University
Rebecca C. Brown, MPH, MEM
Health Scientist, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency
Luz Claudio, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurotoxicology
Mount Sinai Medical Center
J. Brenda Eskenazi, PhD
Professor, School of Public Health,
Division of Epidemiology,
University of California – Berkeley
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD
Professor, School of Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health
George Washington University
Woodie Kessel, MD, MPH
Assistant Surgeon General (Ret.)
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSC
Chair, Dept. of Community Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Kyra S. Naumoff, PhD
Air Pollution Specialist
California Air Resources Board
Herb Needleman, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Lead Research Group
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Jerome Paulson, MD
Mid Atlantic Center for Children’s Health
J Routt Reigart, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
James R. Roberts, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Babasaheb Sonawane, PhD
Chief, Effects Identification and Characterization Group, US Environmental Protection Agency
William A. Suk, PhD, MPH
Chief, Chemical Exposures and Molecular Biology Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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12/05/2008
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Guiding
Principles for Children and Environmental Health
All children are affected by exposures to
environmental hazards. It is our responsibility as a society to enable
all children to grow up in a safe and healthful environment.
Because all children are growing and developing, they are uniquely
vulnerable to health effects caused by exposure to environmental
hazards. The multitude of hazards facing children should be addressed in
unison and placed within the context of a child's life.
A child's physical environment is not separate from social and cultural
issues. Solutions to environmental problems should be viewed within that
context.
Many children live in communities that are disproportionately impacted
by environmental exposures. Improving the health and environment of
these children should be a major priority.
Healthy children grow into healthy adults. The health of our children is
one of the most important investments that we can make and should be
among our top priorities.
Many environmental hazards and pollution know no boundaries. The health
of children worldwide is intrinsically linked to the health of our
environment. International collaboration, whenever possible, should be
sought and encouraged.
Solutions to complex environmental health problems require the efforts
of affected communities and many disciplines including science, nursing,
medicine, public health, economics, planning, law, and policy. Creative
solutions should be reached through inter-disciplinary problem solving
and coalition building.
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