Promoting children's health requires protecting them from harmful environmental exposures. Solid facts and good examples will be made easily available on the Internet as the network develops.
Children are more susceptible to environmental hazards than previously thought.
Children are in a dynamic state of growth, as many vital systems such as the nervous, immune, and respiratory systems are not fully developed at birth. Because children are still developing, exposure to environmental hazards may result in disruption of their normal development and may cause damage.