The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), along with the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (WSPEHSU), and the UC Berkeley Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE), have for a number of years sponsored an annual symposium on children’s environmental health. These symposia are conducted as part of the Children’s Environmental Health Program.

  • 2018
    The 2018 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium explored “Air Pollution and Life Course Neurological Impacts.” The symposium, held October 2, 2018, examined the potential factors underlying children’s unique vulnerabilities to the cumulative impacts of pollution and socioeconomic and community stressors. The symposium presentations can be viewed here: 2018 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium
  • 2017
    The 2017 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium explored “Environmental Justice and Children.” The symposium was held April 26, 2017 and examined the potential factors underlying children’s unique vulnerabilities to the cumulative impacts of pollution and socioeconomic and community stressors. View the videos here:  2017 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium
  • 2016
    The 2016 symposium showcased “New Findings from California.” View the videos here: 2016 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium
  • 2015
    The 2015 symposium addressed the environmental impacts of climate change on children’s health. View the video recordings here: 
    Children’s Environmental Health Symposium 2015 – Impacts of Climate Change on Children’s Health
  • 2013
    The 2013 Symposium looked at the effects of cumulative environmental exposures on children’s health. Topics included: children’s exposure to chemicals, how the environment changes the development of the brain and nervous system in children and childhood leukemia.View the videos here: 
    2013 Symposium on Cumulative Impacts and Children’s Environmental Health
  • 2012
    The 2012 Symposium included talks on measuring children’s exposure to chemicals, effects of air pollution on immune function and asthma, how the environment changes the development of the brain and nervous system in children, and childhood leukemia. View the 2012 symposium talks here: 2012 Symposium on Children’s Environmental Health Research

In addition, in 2017 the WSPEHSU collaborated on a Children’s Environmental Health Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii. See the Powerpoint slides and resources.