This section of the report presents measures reflecting levels of contaminants of concern for children and how these levels have changed over time.
Many different substances can affect the health of children.
Children may come into contact with harmful pollutants in air, water, food, and soil. Tracking the levels of these pollutants is an important step toward ensuring that environmental policies protect children. This section includes measures for contaminants in outdoor air, indoor air, drinking water, food, and soil. Most of the measures show the percentages of children who may be at risk from exposure to critical concentrations of pollutants. Ideally, the report would include measures that reflect trends in concentrations of all important pollutants in all relevant exposure media.