Children’s Environmental Health Fact Sheets
The Western States PEHSU has developed fact sheets on children’s environmental health.
COVID-19
- Safer Disinfecting During the COVID 19 Pandemic (pdf) – April 2020
- Uso Más Seguro de Desinfectantes Durante la Pandemia de COVID-19 (pdf) – Abril 2020
- Safer Disinfecting During the COVID 19 Pandemic infographic (pdf) – April 2020
- Uso Más Seguro de Desinfectantes Durante la Pandemia de COVID-19 Infografía (pdf) – Abril 2020
Toxic Chemicals
- Toxic Chemicals Are More Dangerous to Children Than Adults (pdf) – October 2019
- Las Sustancias Químicas son Más Peligrosas para los Niños que para los Adultos (pdf) – October 2019
Emerging Environmental Health Fact Sheets
The PEHSU Network has prepared a series of fact sheets on emerging environmental health topics. These fact sheets provide useful information for parents and family members on protecting children from these hazards, their potential health effects, and where to go for more information.
- Advisory about Phthalates and Bisphenol A, for Consumers (pdf) – March 2014
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Children: Guidance for Disaster Events (pdf) – July 2013
- Information on Arsenic in Food (pdf) – October 2012
- Chelation Therapy Guidance for the General Public (pdf) – May 2012
- Recommendations Regarding Return of Children to Areas Impacted by Flooding and/or Hurricanes (pdf) – August 2011
- Information on Natural Gas Extraction and Hydraulic Fracturing: Information for Parents and Community Members (pdf) – August 2011
- Advisory about Chinese Drywall (pdf) – April 2011
- Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke and Ash July 2018
- Riesgos a la Salud de los Niños por los Incendios Forestales – Fase Aguda (pdf) – August 2009
- Environmental Hazards for Children in the Aftermath of Wildfires – for Parents (pdf) – updated August 2011
- Peligros Medioambientales para los Niños a Consecuencia de los Incendios Forestales (pdf) – August 2009
- Mercury Poisoning: Mercury in Skin Creams (links to the California Department of Public Health)
- Guía Sobre Plásticos más Seguros para los Padres: Ftalatos y Bisfenol A (pdf) – updated October 2008
- TCE Fact Sheet (pdf) – February 2016
- Formaldehyde Fact Sheet – (pdf) May 2015
ATSDR has recently updated a fact sheet on PFAS.
