Joy E. Carlson, Exec. There are lots of problems facing kids today, including drugs, poverty, accidents, and smoking. The reality is, we can't pit these problems against each other. They are all related.
Poverty is linked to poor environmental conditions.
We need to provide for kids' safe housing, safe drinking water, and freedom from exposure to toxic substances. To learn more about CEHN's national conference in June 1999, visit their website. Dr. Eskenazi is the director of Chamacos, a multidisciplinary research program seeking to characterize the levels and routes of pesticides in high risk children, evaluate the potential health effects of these exposures, and develop a community intervention to reduce pesticide exposure to high risk children. Chamacos is a community-university partnership that brings together researchers, farmworkers, community groups, medical providers, and other committed to reducing pesticide exposure to children. In summary, air pollution is exacerbating asthma in kids.