Explore news commentary, blog posts, and podcast features from APHA's CEH Committee on children’s environmental health, climate change, and the critical role of environmental health professionals in protecting children and families.
APHA’s Annual Meeting 2023 includes sessions on children’s health and the environment.
Teaching about climate and health risks doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom, especially when climate change is taught in a straightforward way that appeals to youth.
Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day Oct. 14
Protecting children’s health is an everyday challenge.
In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, help protect children from harmful environmental exposures.
In the absence of governmental action to protect children, there are steps we can take to minimize harmful exposures and reduce risks for kids.
Podcasts
This episode of the Nation’s Health podcast, produced by the APHA, features the APHA’s Children’s Environmental Health Committee discussing the threat multiplier of climate change on childhood diseases.
In this Pediacast episode, Dr. Mike interviews environmental health experts Leyla McCurdy and Dr. Perry Sheffield regarding how climate change uniquely impacts children’s health.