CEHN Advocacy
- CEHN's March 20, 2017 Press Release: President’s budget will put children’s health at risk
- Collaborative Comment Letter to EPA - Near-Road NO2 Minimum Monitoring Requirements
- Coalition letter in response to Congress' failure to pass legislation that addresses Zika virus' threat to children's developmental health
- CEHN and partners letter to support increased funding for EPA and to oppose policy riders that would block critical clean air and public health protections in FY2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies' Appropriations bill
- CEHN and partners statements of support for greatest possible level of emergency supplemental funding to prepare for and respond to the Zika virus crisis
- Coalition letter in support of increased funding for EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection and EPA's Office of Air and Radiation/Indoor Environments
- Declaration on Climate Change and Health - signed by CEHN and partners articulating consensus on the health impacts of climate change and the need for action to protect the public's health.
- CEHN and partner docket comments on New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Control Techniques Guidelines
- Coalition letter in support of increased FY16 public health and prevention funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Environmental Health
- CEHN supports EPA's clean water rule
- Coalition letter to President Obama urging the adoption of a more protective ozone pollution limit
- CEHN statement on the 2015 Pope's Encyclical on climate change and the environment
- Testimony submitted by Cynthia Bearer, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., on behalf of the Children's Environmental Health Network before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment & Related Agencies United States House Committee on Appropriations
- Testimony submitted by Cynthia Bearer, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., on behalf of the Children's Environmental Health Network before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education & Related Agencies United States House Committee on Appropriations
- CEHN and partner's comments on EPA's proposed changes to the Safer Choice (formerly Design for the Environment) Program
- CEHN comments on the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Draft Climate and Health Assessment
- Coalition letter to Congress to build on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and protect non-defense discretionary programs
- CEHN's docket comments in support of EPA's Waters of the United States Proposed Rule.
- CEHN and partners' petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking amended food additive regulation to prohibit the use of long-chain perfluorocarboxylate oil and grease repellents in paper and paperwood.
- CEHN and partners' letter to EPA in support of EPA's Waters of the United States Proposed Rule
- Coalition letter to offices of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning EPA'S Waters of the United States Proposed Rule.
- CEHN and the American Academy of Pediatrics comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed revisions for the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard with respect to pesticides
- CEHN comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan, which would decrease harmful carbon emissions from existing power plants by 30% by 2030.
- CEHN Board Chair Cynthia Bearer, MD PhD, FAAP, testifies before the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies regarding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) FY2015 Appropriations
- CEHN testimony on FY15 funding for HHS programs including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Center for Environmental Health, and the Children's Environmental Health Research Centers.
- CEHN Board Chair Cynthia Bearer, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education & Related Agencies.
- Coalition letter to EPA regarding the Design for the Environment fragrance decision and news release on coalition letter, March 13, 2014
- Letter to EPA in support of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers
- CEHN leads call for research funding
- CEHN and partners call for inclusion of environmental health in HHS Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) health and safety regulations
- Comments to EPA on Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards
- Climate Change Health Promotion and Protection support letter 2013
- CEHN testimony submitted for the record to the House subcommittee on appropriations for HHS regarding FY2014 funding
- Testimony: FY 2014 appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- CEHN testimony regarding Maryland state legislation about pesticide(FY13)