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Children’s Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks

Children’s Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks. Amy Lockheart Minnesota Department of Health. Outline. Children’s special vulnerability Factors that influence a child’s exposure Inherent sensitivity of developing child MDH initiatives Resources. Outline.

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Children’s Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks

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  1. Children’s Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks Amy Lockheart Minnesota Department of Health

  2. Outline • Children’s special vulnerability • Factors that influence a child’s exposure • Inherent sensitivity of developing child • MDH initiatives • Resources

  3. Outline • Children’s special vulnerability • Factors that influence a child’s exposure • Inherent sensitivity of developing child • MDH initiatives • Resources

  4. Different Exposures • Children consume more food and drink per pound of body weight

  5. Different Exposures (1)

  6. Different Exposures • Children breathe more air per pound of body weight (2)

  7. Different Exposures • Children can have greater exposure through dermal absorption

  8. Different Exposures • Contaminants can cross the placenta and affect a developing fetus

  9. Different Exposures • Unique behaviors • Unique environments

  10. Outline • Children’s special vulnerability • Factors that influence a child’s exposure • Inherent sensitivity of developing child • MDH initiatives • Resources

  11. Children’s Sensitivity • Children are developing

  12. Children’s Sensitivity • Children differ in their ability to absorb, detoxify, and excrete pollutants • Children pass through critical developmental periods when they may be especially sensitive to environmental agents

  13. Children’s Sensitivity • Children have more future years to develop diseases caused by environmental exposures

  14. Outline • Children’s special vulnerability • Factors that influence a child’s exposure • Inherent sensitivity of developing child • MDH initiatives • Resources

  15. MDH Initiatives • Many programs to protect children’s health • Long history of implementing health protection programs and collaborating with partners • Address emerging health issues

  16. MDH Initiativeswww.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/children

  17. MDH Initiatives • Education • Rule review • Developing and using staff expertise • Forming partnerships

  18. Outline • Children’s special vulnerability • Factors that influence a child’s exposure • Inherent sensitivity of developing child • MDH initiatives • Resources

  19. Resources American Academy of Pediatrics www.aap.org

  20. Resources Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units www.aoec.org/pesu.htm

  21. Resourceswww.epa.gov/children • EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection

  22. Resources www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/ceh/home.htm • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  23. Resourceswww.unep.org/ceh/ • WHO, UNICEF, & UNEP: Children in the New Millennium

  24. Resourceswww.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/children.htm • CDC: Children’s Health and the Built Environment

  25. Contact Information • Amy Lockheart amy.lockheart@health.state.mn.us 651-215-0920 • MDH Children’s Environmental Health web site: www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/children

  26. Sources (1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Estimated Per Capita Water Ingestion in the United States” and Addendum, April 2002. www.epa.gov/waterscience/drinking/percapita/ (2) Data from Layton 1993 presented in Miller et al., Int. J of Tox, 21:403-418, 2002.

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