MIND Institute Resources
Children's Environmental Health
What is Children's Environmental Health?
Infants and young children are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of environmental hazards because their bodies are still growing and developing. Scientists are still trying to understand exactly how certain aspects of the environment can put children's health and development at risk. Resources are available for parents and other caregivers to help reduce children's exposure to potentially harmful aspects of their environment.
General Resources
- Learning Disabilities Association of America-Healthy Children Project
- Children's Environmental Health Centers
- Centers for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
- A Story of Health (PEHSU)
Resources for Children and Teachers
Clinicians and Clinical Professionals
Fact Sheets
- Additional Resources from CEHN (PDF)
- Air Quality (PDF)
- Arsenic (PDF)
- Art Supplies (PDF)
- Asbestos (PDF)
- Built Environment (PDF)
- Furniture and Carpets (PDF)
- Healthy Child Guide Feb 2016 (PDF)
- Household Chemicals (PDF)
- Improving Nutrition and Promoting Physical Activity (PDF)
- Lead (PDF)
- Making Celebrations Healthy (PDF)
- Mercury (PDF)
- Noise Pollution (PDF)
- Pesticides (PDF)
- Plastics and Plastic Toys (PDF)
- Radon (PDF)
- Recycling and Garbage Storage (PDF)
The websites and resources listed are independent of the UC Davis MIND Institute and Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. We do our best to choose sites and resources which reflect inclusion of people with neurodevelopmental disabilities and people with varying identities and positionalities, however, some older material may contain language that is not preferred or is not appropriate so please review with caution. Resources are provided for information only and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of the UC Davis MIND Institute and Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.