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PEDIATRICS Vol. 112 No. 1 July 2003, pp. 209-210

Introduction

Sophie J. Balk, MD, Editor and Katherine M. Shea, MD, MPH, Associate Editor

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In October 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) entered into a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to form a partnership to establish an "environmental safety net" for children. This partnership aims to increase pediatricians’ and public health officials’ awareness of pediatric environmental health issues, to encourage increased environmental health activity within communities, and to enhance the dialogue between pediatricians and public health officials. The communication fostered by this partnership may help partners to better diagnose and treat patients with environmentally related illness, thus forming an "environmental safety net" for pediatric patients.

There are several reasons to develop this "safety net." Clinicians, scientists, and governmental agencies increasingly recognize that infants and children have unique vulnerabilities and increased exposures to chemicals and other environmental health hazards. Although environmental hazards are among the top health concerns many . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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