Children's Environmental Health on the Border

Protecting Children Where they Live, Learn and Play

The symposium provided important information regarding the link between the impacts of the environment on children’s health. Topical sessions were held for health care providers, academics, community health workers, policy makers, social workers and community leaders. ​

A summary document of the symposium can be found below.

For additional information regarding symposium, contact:

Paula Selzer, selzer.paula@epa.gov
(214) 665-6663

Symposium Documents:

• Region 6 Children's Health Symposium Proceedings (PDF)(27 pp, 2 MB)
• Event Flyer (PDF)(1 pg, 348 K)
• Children's Symposium Agenda (English) (PDF)(4 pp, 561 K)
• Speakers & Moderators Children's Health Symposium (PDF)(2 pp, 227 K)
• Symposium and Parking Map (PDF)(1 pg, 682 K)
• Climate Change Impacts on Children's Health (Dr. Etzel) (PDF)(67 pp, 4 MB)
• E-Cigarettes Toxicity: The Risk to Children (Smolinske) (PDF)(40 pp, 2 MB)
• Carbon Monoxide: Odorless, Colorless (Dr. Baum) (PDF)(74 pp, 3 MB)
• Health Impacts of Unconventional Petroleum Exploration on Children (Dr. Borron) (PDF)(19 pp, 2 MB)
• E-Cigarettes: Talking Tech with the New Generation (Monks&Crawford) (PDF)(38 pp, 2 MB)
• Lead poisoning (Lowry) (PDF)(47 pp, 3 MB)
• Asthma & Lead Home Interventions (Hanfling) (PDF)(80 pp, 6 MB)
• Lead & Asthma Panel Discussion (Baker & Karnik) (PDF)(16 pp, 2 MB)
• Lead & Asthma Panel Discussion (Hopkins) (PDF)(23 pp, 561 K)
• Promotoras on Asthma and other CEH Issues Panel Discusion (Alvarado Gamino) (PDF)(18 pp, 739 K)
• Mercury Exposure in the School Environment (Kleinschmidt) (PDF)(33 pp, 8 MB)
• Promotoras on Asthma and other CEH Issues Panel Discusion (Whigham) (PDF)(8 pp, 469 K)
• PEHSU (Top 10 Environmental Health Concerns - Borron) (PDF)(54 pp, 5 MB)
• Dr. Ruth Etzel Open Forum (Sue Forester-Cox presentation) (PDF)(15 pp, 407 K)
• Social & Environmental Factors in Pediatric Obesity (Peinado) (PDF)(48 pp, 1 MB)
• Childhood Leukemia & the environment (Miller) (PDF)(50 pp, 4 MB)
• Changing Community Culture to Decrease Diabetes (McCormick) (PDF)(68 pp, 8 MB)
• Outdoor Air Pollution (Campbell) (PDF)(86 pp, 3 MB)
• Valley Fever (Dulin) (PDF)(34 pp, 3 MB)
• Drinking Water-Borne Illness in Children (Hargrove) (PDF)(18 pp, 845 K)
• Drinking Water-Borne Illness in Children (Mena) (PDF)(21 pp, 2 MB)
• Pesticide Exposure (Santos) (PDF)(49 pp, 2 MB)
• Designing Multi-Cultural Posters for Children's Health (Short) (PDF)(42 pp, 2 MB)